Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88e4885959502a34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-06-23 14:44:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: 5a31edcdd98fc3da197d8c300cce785c SHA-1: dcfcf6695432357b5fe460c7fc9e5fe284a84b53 SHA-256: 88e4885959502a3457938a0a8a3774b27bc1f1a5c42b891d81ded3260841af41
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8484

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd7bb5c298---dosejidobitimemira.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb20badb821---71119864242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a59f462ba82---21492346827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupkaishan.com/d/files/todegitumusenuwanadet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchofgodinjamaica.org/app/webroot/files/pejepaxedasited.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6005abcdc---37263802082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62j5hon7gmq383ldh71k28a25t/52806359276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ccacd29ed23dec2626e95e17b1a57b5/81148264017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e382a5e9a6a14d698d1ffa852c7e73c0/52283602074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160972789efd08---32252921824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ff12ba3f5d35e41715bf13bf6c61ca2/46980252579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caae12e2956f90c2b448597f813898df/pufimofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097ccc4db477---32414465759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb3991e73d4---17263926118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886d983b6a2---nabajadeparej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8ba18eaf79---27655661187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=fishing+clash+game+codesPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f7c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C8 5212 bytes
SHA-256: bd359ac7beb27cbb18b59bcae565ff2dddb9ee5961d3aa392619475bdb4265f1
font_01_sfnt_off0001095c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1095C 2012 bytes
SHA-256: 635ab073feb9f1310414136ae948304a01733549f1d864f5a10a2cf3fbc36a3f
font_02_sfnt_off000112ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112BA 11416 bytes
SHA-256: 915cc02d9c2300af27c9b3e608ea397d49b16b455f289de3320b2e18d4bf145a

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