Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88d5780b3548b741…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 17:50:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: da364797451e5e7de465fdbdb2351d21 SHA-1: b7ed6b7f6424473d0feefa39ef3eafd31f022f2d SHA-256: 88d5780b3548b741c912c5e8b6918c064b427d4b3eb4a41473b39848042cb88b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. The document contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607717fc19543---dejozawitepizoreninega.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/968e910014c3a811504ed276fd0c9c18/tikijifozomijesawig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/bisorapogasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc161e5f56b---75690635801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c307f3f77e646dadc4df9ad10e53ef85/96107804016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adbb05e95f1---jibizirezopibonagiliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zzld.com/uploadfile/file///2021052820000269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70f5f503a779a65fb84f14591b974794/zozifomutuzibebavolikep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da9bac85a96---13532858846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fd90b035ce3816a3d311589c9052a54/34704463317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/siboniziwinixiluju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1ac0191bf9d899d69b2f2f35da48b53/86364198461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/kepinixabidegoligekusasef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e84a240628---40592421162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preserveproperties.com/userfiles/files/89052533078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1jna9hulp273lq3gbitvk381e1/54466337526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://au-coeur-du-temps.com/userfiles/file/51373451989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094be0388b92---61905342049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/zebegejimas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a6a6b7f5a---jetuzifupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ritadas.in/userfiles/file/xaguwewili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/xuvevisupukojelivap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimhoatra.com/upload/fckimagesfile/19510551518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=example+of+haiku+about+lifePDF 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_off0000f44d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF44D 17308 bytes
SHA-256: 39fb15b73ee7244687d9725110e8229f9e01da972d6ee710c02c112d1b957d53
font_01_sfnt_off0001213f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1213F 10668 bytes
SHA-256: abb3ee05cfb09c67948a9935e4acee231ae26af686af2851c62bb018200af104
font_02_sfnt_off0001396e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1396E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1