Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88db64dbd1e9dff2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 03:50:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d5008360f7c7e7ccb56eb9cf08978105 SHA-1: 250ff02a888980a85725ae32df77d264976760ce SHA-256: 88db64dbd1e9dff2a6d147690d35320033df8351965f75a24f4c7a4913f09a9b
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file exhibits malicious characteristics, including a high ML score and ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and instructs the user to disable security software, indicating a clear intent to deceive and compromise the user. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest it's designed to facilitate the download of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=slime+rancher+free+steam+key PDF link annotation
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614166254f42c---bisubege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsnpharma.com/upload/files/59184274398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoletiziamasciotta.eu/userfiles/files/negutidusozorumoliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukorbetegshop.hu/files/79034557719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphambambi.com/webroot/img/files/mibamasovof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unleadedcoffee.cz/soubory/53254279197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4f912963b295fc2c789b132ffdd0f7c/jepamarezenaxejuximopala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rsst77.ru/upload/files/70375304084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62368428909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/wumususe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://7foro.exceltur.org/exceltur_nuevo/ckfinder/userfiles/files/revumarojinuxoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandfiltr.com/files/file/2202445711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e0fb7a196b---laleten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterky.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zizulozavoginuzak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mai-avto.ru/upload_files/file/99203743338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bobecoingatlan.com/uploads/editor/file/xopojijolamuwirefigikel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapuridiocese.com/svnprojects/DHD/Source/images/files/7660618883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbbgprpk7biiq.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7985531541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161385bbd366a9---19842342887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahrugs.com/userfiles/file/17721316412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctmcooper.com/userfiles/files/548581284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malinaionescu.ro/userfiles/file/zonakigafezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d327b2af69470f32641d3c781c840a0f/10519346018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomax.shop/filespath/files/20210919052348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turystyka.powiatlubartowski.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99582758442.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_off0000da14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA14 19712 bytes
SHA-256: f8055f67331eed25fea825a43e8a0d774ca69a3c2343e34472c5c9769b01e13f
font_01_sfnt_off00010d60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012577.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12577 10760 bytes
SHA-256: 0c0762e25ba97525ea7ba143cd623d4976dc78d62508ea5a6c8c895ed2814da4