Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88e185622aa39080…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:20:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: bcb35067d528ad4b4c02dd72013cc0ae SHA-1: 9ec48d07ea827101fac0ba4f6bd305f7b2562664 SHA-256: 88e185622aa3908021fa6653e31f83107367f9739d35c0253accc73d44565462
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=weekly+current+affairs+pdf+september+2019 PDF link annotation
    • https://tungafilm.com/dorceiys/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fasabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f2c1b1c03194f26e2773c9e69b0d643/rofogaginunodolupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laconchigliacasevacanze.it/userfiles/files/pukolexewewujokebota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feltshoe.com/userfiles/file/54542805357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiodrago.eu/userfiles/files/keluwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87439129595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/55782984324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europavloeren.nl/siteimages/file/99367813904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sluchatka-shop.cz/files/upload/files/56563756152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c62d04ee9a---85849584789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hs5hc7707h00p44caain1ujjlm/8952177341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6832e3c40b43e9deb9fcc03e9889191/tolorunewopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.es/d/files/90179323268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itexpertdog.com/upload/files/revoviva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jegkdo89mim9av1o2mfv1svlkn/87031343398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psycare-spb.com/userfiles/file/kewajuworir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a26e833599---juxixanade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4365528701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0abe96445b24dce6c728fa3522ad1859/3474067118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/21159416482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tutevitekalutufinepek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1ad04fa2e5b5f618dc02347395dfa2a/gipaxezebijatopuvubit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acavacecio.it/userfiles/files/3716382743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tahitotfaluovodak.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pudosowemedoxagobalotiki.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_off0000f6c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6C5 18088 bytes
SHA-256: c0fb0a6917009cebbe96d6c42ea9767d4731fbd0d1acf529a4310d4663ca3931
font_01_sfnt_off000125fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125FE 11564 bytes
SHA-256: 331d3558693d94bdb56c831334cecbd3039b52addbbadbd6a7b482d729c141d6
font_02_sfnt_off0001414a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1414A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1