Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88d344c98ccb3e00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-09-25 00:49:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 30c5d83396e17208e679ec3e6248d9bd SHA-1: 2a3187f4003b81a8a62aa74fa9f157dea3caf665 SHA-256: 88d344c98ccb3e00b65d7ce925455032aca4769cfeb72988b021c3ee60140ad0
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. The 'Remote-support tool lure' heuristic suggests the document likely instructs the user to install or connect with such tools, a common tactic for gaining initial access or deploying further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sum+of+series+online PDF link annotation
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kbmkv1gpoibccl65op3o30hmqp/dixarejidenezawedelinir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614333e02fab4---55375018083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personal.sut.ac.th/chantira/port/ckfinder/userfiles/files/josajirexenubarasetix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellerisland.com/files/nizitumadovurexowulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lahma.pl/_u/userfiles/file/60975595055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aviatroglo.fr/IMG/file/nokusatizalivet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pesonabali.dswip.com/ci/userfiles/files/lodaranenesanowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealordhotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vepibuxusiwadaruluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ping-property.com/user_img/files/30250423125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassagemodel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pafikomikaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hygradeinsulators.com/images/uploads/file/xidiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panteres.com/files/files/47400525312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/27161646505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgs-on-track.com/uploads/misc/files/51571667411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sibservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dulidesagunujesudaxeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202109052328413877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evrofurnitura.by/elax-furnitura.ru/uploads/files/gutopejikopegarikagikug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://035620126.tw/upload/greenkitchen/files/gusojisutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusamulticentralestari.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/toravozivepimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.org/uploads/file/mowikepasanix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lvso688q4cfcl6rnf5of5000m1/kupel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/darudumepagezodijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furnitura-syndicat.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/noxuxoxetaduvujik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debcopharma.com/userfiles/file/56510385071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asia-test.informacittadino.net/media/files/28097641990.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_off0000b467.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB467 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC7E 10288 bytes
SHA-256: 409953cdd47303b464b7755364d010eb8aeb5123346167649d861edcce207a9d
font_02_sfnt_off0000e392.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE392 15868 bytes
SHA-256: 1000c31300dee0fadd24662ad1fa387f60553184054c7f20a68be45823abd833