Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88eb3d5bc0d2bee2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 06:43:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2e81ff83bf455aba2d5272e6ad8b83ee SHA-1: 343404d370b3ebc6cf845e40b52fa32cb297ae6c SHA-256: 88eb3d5bc0d2bee2a03e0da63610f24cd480fd19193bd7649b48313569ee8de0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to potentially compromised websites or link farms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of using disposable hosting for these links, further supporting a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=app+to+mirror+phone+to+laptop
    • https://romalasergroup.com/userfiles/files/kukor.pdf
    • http://dymenahealthcare.com/upload/fckeditor/file/sirubadoremojorozi.pdf
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614919f3e98e5---91491186880.pdf
    • http://cpk.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vazajozoxexiwetazafi.pdf
    • http://fotofolliasanlazzaro.it/userfiles/files/78754205647.pdf
    • https://cissud.eu/uploads/ck_editor/files/94924401824.pdf
    • http://manuale.aziendasulweb.it/userfiles/files/498246507.pdf
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/bonub.pdf
    • http://architettoangeli.it/userfiles/files/5710427082.pdf
    • http://inannamsao.com/uploads/files/22696844809.pdf
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2908aac268c66c8bdd2262d00ea8590/20205700252.pdf
    • http://cungcapbaoduongcuanhatban.com/upload/files/56148841006.pdf
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/53329908290.pdf
    • https://umartravel.com/files/64157906605.pdf
    • https://drishtinetcom.in/FCKeditor/file/64569822217.pdf
    • http://jmk.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86300002576.pdf
    • https://deltarents.com/upload/ckfinder/files/buvonugudefobunepukidapev.pdf
    • http://b40555.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/76741419102.pdf
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5531b668b6e03ba4faa8560287190cd8/85647954144.pdf
    • http://rcp-ranstadt.us/files/sesuzazixazetamifabi.pdf
    • http://tachikawa-derma.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12725574913.pdf
    • http://dycelife.com/userfiles/file/tubiwoselebulosuxaferase.pdf
    • http://www.evisiontiendaonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vobibugelelotak.pdf
    • http://jagdrevier.hu/upload/images/file/35285137033.pdf
    • https://gilbertems.com/videos/file/miritugefokurizawopesa.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000da78.bin
fa8709758ba168830b50c75db1072ccf77a24493303e69dd56b6c76aabf639cc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA78 17220 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010734.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10734 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011f4b.bin
29a8b1036932e1f0a254d4f02d7cfa95f989493b867d6067bd798fd171f70b67
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F4B 10332 bytes