Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88dca17fe8fa006a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-07-06 16:14:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 5362c60e1f00525f03432942759f2945 SHA-1: 2d9b1e9655f64c162c69f829ef31ae870d082e8b SHA-256: 88dca17fe8fa006ae07e4a7b02e6bdae283ee973cbe45812c884f1919e1a4960
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates an attempt to execute code within the user's browser.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=area+of+base+of+right+circular+cylinder PDF link annotation
    • https://btegypt.com/file/pepemamuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datajournonepal.org/files/basiwavidasuzivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/pulowolutivasoleza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tasarimak.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bokobalebefasos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5au36hlavusstrc360rplbb8tp/bibefegigavukupexotun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa2a8c6cc2---76953149183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saokienviet.com/uploads/image/files/lomexalaferovedemaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bn0p2t90l3j4js4kf717hlt35/vizikulipabaxorivawita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termoformat.md/img/files/gijedonisanovagug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/31574841568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160940b8778947---dotawerono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/21314995096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f169384ea1fa19998078eeb25abec75/93383738522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f520302d37---74494097426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wogufofakivewuxunor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1f430e7c2e---gakonijamotaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/88233510865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedelsur.com/contenido/files/36925969567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/kipugeturivalux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/1656556410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisef.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/41676071975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5280ac582---metetepejivedoxazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://em-mould.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32530178137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikitellirezistans.com/upload/files/23295660708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.makathastaliklari.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb3a477501---zeduwolikiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7292d23227---63893510334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab21107437b---12424023043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a752b2bab5f---xalogawekul.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_off0000fc2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC2C 21908 bytes
SHA-256: efdd15af686c17ddf072473aec0cda91343495101088681c5eb2989b4eac2183
font_01_sfnt_off000134c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014cda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CDA 11092 bytes
SHA-256: abed6bd4ae791cdadb96e8f8b1117f2b44054e3e966059d232bcda772bdbc530