Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88d19b6ca209ea1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 09:59:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4af57e9048055fb370c3c4251df17a26 SHA-1: 042ab2cf6c9d9765e52b38c9276a4c38958accf3 SHA-256: 88d19b6ca209ea1c9b2dbccd480d4495ba37e5728a80d7d706989acf9f3dc55f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and using UTM parameters, suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The file's structure as a link farm indicates an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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=slader+advanced+mathematical+concepts
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1c6723ccf---19856776610.pdf
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9acb0c7b63---talodenitajasunemubarigo.pdf
    • http://xn--54-dlcdkamdj4btild5b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/besarovemokisumek.pdf
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf84406cb4---welogugejar.pdf
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210529015948.pdf
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160902f9f26851---nubomit.pdf
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22961d4ecb5c173a5984836323893806/13062114187.pdf
    • http://kruengrangthai.com/files/files/68608167749.pdf
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/90346738234.pdf
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/731c2186a46c146dc9928822ea556e22/8667804216.pdf
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d44ce4e722686743a260cefd62fde58/jadulenalamutipuve.pdf
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f14694130---94606245740.pdf
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5b3fc8d5c8---nexepus.pdf
    • http://africa-emergence2019.com/userfiles/file/40016255317.pdf
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b91f8fb32c1---84204397645.pdf
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c808437260d46456c44fd94ce20b2f62/71700259092.pdf
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93609107bfebd25df0fc32e9bf868e62/18657241481.pdf
    • https://sealskinz.ru/files/file/dejizode.pdf
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929f7b0e656---tusax.pdf
    • http://msiutilities.biz/documents/geketetevum.pdf
    • http://hasyo.net/files/file/69983364185.pdf
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/154323b9dd146cf63ed78153b9c6d904/nojuvu.pdf
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/4667078838.pdf
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609daeae1045a---genazanoxazisikuxitifo.pdf
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc6323d8f25---navawuniparidudutupot.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_off0000e41b.bin
bc81717dd8e3ab08088fcc19ea33b215a1ebda5a7b3d800b65a63d13f5e1adb1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE41B 17140 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000110f7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110F7 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001290e.bin
0e0fd8f7f274146bd65a0c16c26d773f22d0339ea3c7da72c4e9838ae9a1bd86
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1290E 10920 bytes