Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88e758b844d9a49e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-22 21:41:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 881abde2bd27a2305365dba232675e91 SHA-1: a20444765b324ba3b8f7d45d9bd4a7e6f26b3de6 SHA-256: 88e758b844d9a49ea6a3dd62737ca0600a7325069adf977128eee47555dd8d01
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. These links form a link farm, likely intended to manipulate search engine rankings or redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 http://leadershipcareer.kr/fckeditor/_upload/file/pelumuwadesa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kientrucsangtrong.com/plus/files/52217890267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30999970260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/35250161261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://language-coach.pl/uploads/files/6203753517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartech.lv/sites/smartech/uploads/documents/files/bupaburaronukizotene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ropaalmayoreo.com/images/userfiles/file/34172056187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/3655521910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aurora-c.jp/files/files/44875458858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sentinels.ro/userfiles/file/93178670551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/dilujitax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n78r1nhnnn9v3k916ad539f364/konudataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326093df920---55619386525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c08793e84b249f2614a12ffde4edb00/54324984102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jasagurinuxuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136f22c0f116---bopak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongphuc.vn/userfiles/file/83312855016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12f5bf49f25951b648463ff1a28d8c0b/xiwojelisimozesosapek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emrc.ie/upload/imagecontent/file/lasedojeguragoromoxawili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devitohomesorlando.com/userfiles/files/fekupiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapac.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5457892891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139a87f1225a---dupefibosizob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fukaofoods.tw/uploads/files/202109171403382559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=best+online+war+games+for+androidPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000dfa0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFA0 10836 bytes
SHA-256: ecd02256bf0fa1e24ec5a404328d1fe6271b4308ee3359d141ea3a58b8a3cf01
font_01_sfnt_off0000f885.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF885 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011097.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11097 17532 bytes
SHA-256: d4bdc20929bae6b1a73bfa0b20ed8bf6eb7153e7fc9d85d546c32cb8ef1c9dd6