Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88b276fb1929ff7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-07-04 11:43:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 988bdf7e366dde3a0d40bb28991f732f SHA-1: 7b91556fd28f777ddb85d2e8ea3e4d9ae70838e8 SHA-256: 88b276fb1929ff7adf7a6d7f28046aeaaf7eec129a51c7f68e3351405401e314
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of a lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=co2+is+transported+as PDF link annotation
    • http://zonwering-nederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4362928527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigsvatcharasith.com/userfiles/file/54812086720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72ecebc7fa4356e820522bb602af397f/wusijetovubakaruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ef6000488f6100c7c2953f92477bfbf/zumelanulem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/usi56ngn5n418nek15c18vqh34/3292582213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/3817631687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d62b5a701---jobatodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9718c8742d60c308d0db119244db648/34678294769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/73990588314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a32618ab05---nobawumewebofudilikiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dcef3d3788---retojolepajutisuraju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091fbb48d779---95083546827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/nozelewamofifiwezumomom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c990a2ed4---xufajarikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082daa66eed5---filogowojogum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cornucopiafrederick.com/uploads/files/35494045669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/bigevejixawata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6bdec8556---kibaketiwutupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f702726502---xetewurugatunurevotula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078a9b026c93---3656077099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16e789c8f0e5422ba5cffa6d7f57c11f/69143545490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ufglnumeqb4ob52e63bcl6ne31/xaradelajiveva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750a1fe3c66---sifezodavejolagomav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5683962b4f---9793296581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000be18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d62f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD62F 10492 bytes
SHA-256: f763ba53d979c192fc8b23077f1364a19c4560b682c375d428e5163b49284cab
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE35 15816 bytes
SHA-256: d3ff95344cca9fb4b30f7a2415eecd86bd4f7073ececd5c02fb25b73895af08b