Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88b82ba19ac2b5b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-24 23:07:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f9010e7881d1f9079c5a91632450cd92 SHA-1: 5c1a581dc69512fef823d97bca49ef7e29124e7d SHA-256: 88b82ba19ac2b5b207052c65317d3379059fe4385e7b76aa8af71690bacf8e53
164 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. The document also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other external URLs, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious or phishing sites. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bangladesh+online+newspaper
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145e491732be---28996664776.pdf
    • https://hobbypet.cz/files/file/4335534831.pdf
    • http://orthopediedelft.eu/files/daporabijubusasegotaro.pdf
    • http://rideabikenews.com/user_img/files/pirox.pdf
    • http://tatugigo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23219383545.pdf
    • http://www.coverseg.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/32179784837.pdf
    • https://sistemagestiondpr.co/userfiles/file/kiwitujixizuxigilarivufa.pdf
    • https://gizaviation.com/uploads/files/xademekozitimifutomopis.pdf
    • http://yey.uw52.com/upload/files/fozelijerijutotakapuse.pdf
    • http://skupka54.ru/upload/m/vaxevuxijapoluboludurut.pdf
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lowuziporomujokaxer.pdf
    • http://thibidi.vinadesign.info/uploads/images/files/nupuvogego.pdf
    • http://sutipatika.hu/userfiles/files/33476110950.pdf
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/57759717740.pdf
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/karopupo.pdf
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/26300760378.pdf
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133b56ea84ea---jovajajiweke.pdf
    • http://etalentlink.com/uploadfile/file///2021092107124998.pdf
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/52621269590.pdf
    • https://ixiu-23.com/uploads/files/202109070557307460.pdf
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d36febe213---29729715027.pdf
    • http://art-lan.ru/uploads/assets/file/fazafonidevifunorebub.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pg90gqkopvv40j9emj36b06at7/38489658618.pdf
    • http://www.mariabeckmann.com/fotos/uploads/files/53874324964.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b324.bin
5235555f5170a6b9b17b8c1b10142b5cbf98d28f70e0ce4349e150edcee70db9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB324 15628 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dae9.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAE9 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f300.bin
8be0c87d25415ca690fb432640d9a975f6af4a804bd7db14e9a11c3d46a57689
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF300 10712 bytes