Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88e78436bc2fe1d3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-09-24 03:35:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c11ca9737d887b70751c0b7785c9deb1 SHA-1: cb06715c345f98d35601581dfa7b41efdb54784d SHA-256: 88e78436bc2fe1d329d3ab85b6355a57e1b4736b41d8b4164b348fd9b070f900
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript and link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u77rkifjp55sj0prsqio7tg7d1/5702428049.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f79e7a8999---56435012715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teeintact.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/file/74369176581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.arcnet.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52330343611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijieet.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38536125702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobonoli.com/userfiles/files/dowejolidisurozaretaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rajpuc.pl/pics/file/34804676825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149602012685---33958106804.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rotafufofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bb85a6e81---1368503225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l8hkce3dvcpr2h5fkkut6vgh17/wekibesiziputi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisma.ru/files/pages/files/3364016364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://connectcontrol.net/files/userfiles/files/95073076086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/39621154732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.disbel.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xufob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ochronaskory.pl/pliki_user/File/95021427838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgekc.com/media/userfiles/file/xobutuzuxepidigodoguri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofahatinh.com/upload/files/16897226911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce712ff0712603626f587e9f25a223c8/tolezusafanarabumiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kdg2gcd1fuh4jqe65umic0lc7k/lusemomavotexozajofonotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxcottage.ru/stroykamen/userfiles/files/80289554385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peisheng.org/uploads/ckfiles/files/613f1ac066d8e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/leziwewebedawowanak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emrc.ie/upload/imagecontent/file/filafunigajolazukadudus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=hero+band+iii+app+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_off0000e182.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE182 21072 bytes
SHA-256: 1f89cf3a0e7ec3f0ed666674faccbac7e7071a5091a7cc5903a1c45f0570cedb
font_01_sfnt_off000118e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118E8 10308 bytes
SHA-256: e5bf65f7cd629d01eb920c58b4590c12e79169727d3c28d546e8ad2c998c0de3
font_02_sfnt_off00012feb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FEB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1