Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88ca6ac9b95cdb1b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-10-04 01:23:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: d4d43f5b6d227a50d4c5294cc81ea811 SHA-1: 70e1bb53cd43b2e3883eda84c0271ffc7b2151c3 SHA-256: 88ca6ac9b95cdb1befda27cbe0cbe94b1c213b2c504659f8e9642498cbd57327
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users. Heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the execution of JavaScript to facilitate further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • 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 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://manusingh.org/scgtest/eec-new/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefutobulegep.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147dcf3975c0---nunifovaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlsconsulting.net/cms/files/File/49005048288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theexplorerthai.com/userfiles/files/gunakix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hytechcommunications.com/userfiles/file/mupumubegirakubevorozamid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161565c11d0a2d---jokupegagawikufuzetixudis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://8foro.exceltur.org/exceltur_nuevo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34318398357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drticket.ir/basefile/drtiketcom/files/jururenatesozisusaposif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslplastic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9249332257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osstemcardiotec.com/files/fckeditor/file/1879539834613faa71be062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aluminial.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22067461010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b86181469f---jezatusuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerproductionline.com/d/files/vaxawebaxovisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altonika.pro/files/fck/file/96907039652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f52796f47e---vimofonefari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sicurezzaips.it/uploads/file/8354389953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615a1aca4a084---3243019981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://777mto.net/contents/files/43418773726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161453ed6d4b20---43866934405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gabinetpro.pl/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/2498644394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hockeydh.com/files/ups/files/6601618005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omni-links-europe.com/images/blog/file/54774945736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2641a7f7604642c10376165fece7b01a/66188977310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0228339500.kad.tw/kads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/patafipefiwitibubita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+tp+stand+forPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b131.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB131 10452 bytes
SHA-256: b31d37b7e99ddbebe98de3d6cd3443db3fdc2b1f4d77b138c998f2c0199cd304
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8DE 15340 bytes
SHA-256: 743134590556c6cbe255eb9e9e4279289219e34ea1323bbe0acd4e18d44c1cb0
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF23 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1