Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88cce5deb7975642…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:48:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 6b3ff6849fc8461466d796313234e94e SHA-1: f87a68b576a09b5c15a38dba4b230b3299cdb394 SHA-256: 88cce5deb7975642a7ef5303d6b09559aed7b1a4b30900cf9224ffa9b7b979d0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or link farms on disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=animal+classification+worksheets+for+3rd+grade PDF link annotation
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cf93584c15060585605daa5bdd2a341/perujonunimed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erpsamik.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xonezalola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelt.pl/userfiles/file/47380211377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2215b093d594da7432273f5e7afd143/nunifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pollackmihalyiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63765875295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160858481a7040---fixobaxufafigejaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c511fa8c9af---72026369237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22991488dc131d9a9adc8bb48879416a/97270227600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/wukijibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc45ad4ef9---ditukopojubojonupok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuminhtam.com/Images_upload/files/96841874730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartdeal.pl/files/upload/files/gebikat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/jenasupulosodofep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df29ae92163---55988564346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/26826092871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wonsakai.com/uploads/files/71941512359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/62782838715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160871acbeb758---vekivinob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://energiadirect.pl/application/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pebavazodiwaxuwuxuwiduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niszczeniewaw.pl/userfiles/file/jizejebanixovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8b3253355---23346542177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6235338f37---54561015815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609862d037ea7---fumekovaraxubilegixates.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_off0000b8f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB8F1 15480 bytes
SHA-256: 665f15e47497efef77043d2eed46f84e68f206a82de5f814d16160d32525c8c8
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFAE 11252 bytes
SHA-256: 8784114625ae4c8c650fa1e7ac8f0916cc36580ab3644f6caa0716c22ff7a888
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1