Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88c2ff57d6401536…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-12 16:58:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cbeea4e01f4108ba180f2050a424e556 SHA-1: ceaad26cbf8a42435823a4e7b8262720deb88a57 SHA-256: 88c2ff57d640153664066536130f678dfa79f041497da58d29bb6436269dc3a0
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious payloads. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bankers+algorithm+in+os
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/091bb4e56832e10c346c05149aab729e/94785632156.pdf
    • http://countryroadssiberianhuskies.com/clients/e/e1/e1b2222506e4b6fd6c510396e08362d3/File/19838816113.pdf
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k8lojqt2annokvrucola3i8b20/lolumalitezunavot.pdf
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d98c7f714dab6215a517471cbcf095d5/5652031494.pdf
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729fa94182d---85169228591.pdf
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879d2a4c424---77279882270.pdf
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9295222365.pdf
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c67087fde1---folet.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/of8ohl3iimlo6qat66180crtm5/52292383697.pdf
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b36d425d1880f84122492c30197da8b1/sodigaguwelig.pdf
    • http://agiteam.org/clients/b/b0/b0c4817036ef1cb73596cc935f3fa86d/File/xitenefex.pdf
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qa5gkapmevoi11s3lt037j3oe6/fikazutovakukan.pdf
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/gitavuseposusa.pdf
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/bovetimagabazamedofeb.pdf
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1udfdufh6lkn12qjg73jgbit75/20640977382.pdf
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/bigelumu.pdf
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/30461841945.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76bb57e9bd7b999b7121ad0fe8ac873a/60970523906.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83pf2auoehtdqsf7hjg78e3j73/fuzagawopulosev.pdf
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc40c1738e---motapojeteferedunaxona.pdf
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bb1652ca83---gijum.pdf
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9047b80ff57d2a4f66a0d32ecb327fe/9985948396.pdf
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b33c49ac9670816269bcd20220b52cc/gikopamud.pdf
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a5a1fc9d3eb6303a40fed00191ac070/94717019619.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_off0000eea2.bin
f434d36f996b249f11dc85b445c4b73375a571fec278931b54719e7f5df5000a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA2 10700 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010703.bin
1a2cb0204fae499994589704f223af48abc77138d6bc7e1f427b33dbb56edf0b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10703 17796 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001361a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1361A 16792 bytes