Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88d46c75361c4616…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 15:08:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7d6833d9535d0cd301d9d49fdd0105e9 SHA-1: e82aecb9cfaf01ed0811e92ddd4bae4631d87eea SHA-256: 88d46c75361c4616f4244b3c721958e5aaf483588ac9362d38defac80fb25423
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress installations, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports the attack pattern of using compromised sites for hosting malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 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.
  • 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 http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7c5f8475b---denimiwukigefetelu.pdf
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b59c027b45---dovewazenizomisan.pdf
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51285379330842a4f33aa2ef5a5553b7/23214244726.pdf
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vg6cmhh6oitqsi73162t38tm07/tisigesikumofapudodopogul.pdf
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4785df34b5df2324baaf6a02681e706d/diseretakododubuxep.pdf
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a880d0032e2---patovamosezab.pdf
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c03984d693b---moguvagi.pdf
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/63351436395.pdf
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efe89082ae1d1200e229f9d4681c3711/38709404709.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/zixizipujalutiwedonigato.pdf
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609915283b748---56489016974.pdf
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcf1e0c95c51ad80b1505d7e4bd31f61/13863943190.pdf
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/vifuxoxemamejejon.pdf
    • https://assignmentmart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67437772514.pdf
    • http://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/wesivutezitopunejotasuxix.pdf
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a076b4cab7d---tefipadovunexavipemat.pdf
    • http://drive4smilesontario.ca/clients/e/ed/ed023a0734c265ca673a92d1d81de675/File/zowufufugenaneralix.pdf
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/fiwaximedutotobofabageg.pdf
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f58d7bd9bfeed0b83e5dea31f3776278/xodopalufufirekudap.pdf
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents//files/16407669103.pdf
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6p3dfri3ngbb9opjgv4aa8ibj/luzesodidoxariwatijaneba.pdf
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/43120232399.pdf
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80fbadb3f765bfaefbdf4634c361258c/93224849848.pdf
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba7eed569fa---84035088346.pdf
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2e4ce7844afe1010bde7e8a571d95a4/ruwaferaralonovubidebe.pdf
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e8e4939718---48591407042.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=food+mentioned+in+to+kill+a+mockingbird
    • 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_off0000fd22.bin
21875cb4590fa2d3be09bb67b2a7ae348c804c785868a66511204a53bb3e296a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD22 17172 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001295e.bin
751d41a9a5f99e24cf0a88cea8029d39b317ae8dbb25b84ca7781e19734af79d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1295E 10752 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000141d0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141D0 16792 bytes