Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88b77621afa3257d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-20 02:11:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 092913b89afbbe8bef8b319bdfd8c798 SHA-1: 42b59f0f200c6d005026ce777e060cdff274516e SHA-256: 88b77621afa3257d627475980c8537bc9ad4ee8252e22d11ee3540fbbc1138c8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, disguised with a "maths practice book" lure. The primary function appears to be directing users to malicious sites for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=maths+practice+book+for+class+6+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dtt5mvv7gf37c5bg3tiago0m5o/rarejariwefirujorevaser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consorzio-csa.it/userfiles/files/13505162506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.com/images/uploads/files/40744420694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodispirito.it/userfiles/file/64323840321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenithoverseas.com/assets/userfiles/files/11485866639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokumsuzgec.com/userfiles/files/nisifogesevonalajimunite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamepinleri.com/calisma2/files/uploads/sogagukamafalob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7tvg4kqti1bc4f101f92icpul/fapuramitokigofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/pesuset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e149e3ec3c---nexuked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57fc8f7b479e07239c007ba90efacbd2/78636930341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianxi.cn/filespath/files/20210919214655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actsonics.com/uploads/files/202109022259516097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147416f84b92---33690558745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60a942c30a3b47c30967df05a2eb141d/23670890564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m0h287gslq41gh7li3cuatn876/71996322709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serviceservice.eu/userfiles/file/62898749459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhiminhhien.com/media/ftp/file/depimujikadotemiviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardatrans.com/content/Files/13835387882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fizjolech.pl/userfiles/file/34956055782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.bgk-meshkova.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gopanupezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liderzy.natura2000.pl/imgturysta/files/58714374995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hourinkan.net/js/upload/files/tidaravusude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/godilodogewiziziwovub.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_off0000ec1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC1C 18340 bytes
SHA-256: 2a0b254b54d50eb25bb92cdf16eab13191cda5e77a856f979991ecfb6d7ec69c
font_01_sfnt_off00011bd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BD8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133EF 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 5377271c3579a0257177a1e1ef8769944d40a72cf0a0191e0af23739dd03deeb