Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88d8848b30be23d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-16 17:48:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f661727bb5a34ec52c4aaa89a81afa4a SHA-1: 0ac4a7b17c7716304ed46366defc7ce8d175f24c SHA-256: 88d8848b30be23d819d23646114a623d803a3c1c1f06503f6f14bc6e66d3e28a
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 disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+vidmate+video+format PDF link annotation
    • http://yuhao-tech.com/userfiles/file/getejom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/82669639543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxbotanika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28874105893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuongiare.vn/upload/files/87374488891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkai.com/uploads/files/dedivevujowoxebabumomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82a3397935abad77c18cf668195f193e/tisimutitonujepol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palazzodiaz.com/userfiles/files/42555391524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiostocchi.eu/userfiles/files/51951335401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rokaxoduvemikoribufufinol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knipia.com/userfiles/file/zoreporizusipakeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tehnicgaz.eu/files/file/77735249030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/99219962954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://influences-vegetales.eu/assets/Image/files/xositebekodabexomenumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zilalcooling.com/other_files/File/26670322258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.org/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/96177280685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmed.vn/upload/files/78515526728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140682f4d0a5---godabodir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f6a71a0783---71459043671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ed864e0ee8---50583829256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408fb6d76dd---78298339113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palirna-frydek.cz/uploaded/file/zalesajepogesudodaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pergamine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47620009738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/fexibipajelevunubanamuleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadgatecapital.com/userfiles/file/84320437372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundationkuzmanov.com/files/menutemukexikopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/zafegemoxulotunugit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://play.google.com/store/apps/detIn 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_off0000d298.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD298 17864 bytes
SHA-256: 6aaf3628eed12c68bef112ff03f0db06b523da27afdce7277b02c901bbe884a1
font_01_sfnt_off0001014e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1014E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011965.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11965 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 82b7fda72aabf4181fb5ab368c172188963bd5798a11b00c4faf3bcf190d010c