Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88b2d95c81e72e94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-07-05 14:54:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a7d0b2f6d0ea14ebbf3e9de88e13c8bc SHA-1: 7019fdad731c65aaa0acabf84fac18399599c8e3 SHA-256: 88b2d95c81e72e94ccf49a9eeb11721444d48a057e29bf4eae51d7cd0ceb5639
132 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The sample also exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised upload storage, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination and evade detection. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4734

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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 http://1qjd.com/upload/files/2021-07-04-03-54-42-cMMaqZKi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f11bcbef8c33359c2f275f49d67d28b1/48838817003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a8e646967---53815972462.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • http://teplolux72.ru/upload/file/54154273758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oneworldkarate.com/fckeditorimages/userfiles/file/penijudatexikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9cd2c1793---68308233930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087e394ce115---jiretuligepapuxif.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/lukepolatuwexapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074416672e85---1010305168.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d42d8e441e---12877451204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92g5kitp51gprsiktoirckf13f/gokabajoxabufisujifakuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6692dfaa4e202f075cbbc3b768cb1c2a/36078081658.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=nursing+home+discharge+summary+templatePDF link annotation