Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a88cb1627fe4c4df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-08-18 22:16:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b87a9149eb45b23406128f91fc2a8311 SHA-1: 3291d07ac5f4f74c79789ee460bebe55d2e9f81d SHA-256: a88cb1627fe4c4df2e3b8c49aace35c956c7187d58cf8e427b8de26fe64a5cd8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure indicate a likely spearphishing attachment campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=comptia+linux%2B+study+guide+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087bd52c542e---romupilitufokaxuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byecook.com/ckupload/files/58951169669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dnepropress.net/files/file/sinugigetefinijis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e410ba9795e0abfbfbe02455aa8af781/74395160780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/minodojimuzidozeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160925c00e99a7---4223443115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/52242973099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5b100e6ac6---lofagefoxitejuvubusiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assignmentmart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xemexetozoxewesuvililepaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteplacard.com/UserFiles/file/zatudefebidugavunapenix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesterek.net/tmp/zivumogukiviwitadoneror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b85936b8f02b5a761d1bacb073784f8/joravegeluzidimomiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d00bf2236---wotagagasajig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094e3fa6828b---kewizasiguruvaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amthanhanhsangchinhhang.vn/upload/files/vamiside.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ulfbinof62n9f1i5j2us3mn9k4/22328553286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/gesurunoxosafum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bedandbreakfastchia.it/userfiles/file/31781385009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricoconsultingattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/83327199015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2p8263mgbjv09ui7lvq2ev9rnv/76376150654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellightnepal.com/userfiles/file/7514110916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58c265e0763c49ce30801f436c234c27/41407444333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca036e6048---lijizabumixumufoxedefafed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2993050ebd91aec9d30b69a8b15a8eb/58660486355.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_off0000b343.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB343 11272 bytes
SHA-256: 7ff908d17c8bfef34e00da6611cce0945551aa699a35c411e61552a62bc2c81f
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD97 13132 bytes
SHA-256: 48d9e559a25ebefade7575ce1ee635c25180e1627a65f94130dd67a8555f90ed
font_02_sfnt_off0000eda7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1