Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd88da994eae6f68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 14:30:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e3ef95f15c4fea0060129ada374f94d8 SHA-1: fb56dd750a1c8eeeeb1c9b48432df2b009786aee SHA-256: cd88da994eae6f685b547341feae5320239c3ce9688317c4b4af36a41c1da09e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://bibliotekaludwin.pl/img/upload/files/35270619336.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860e4ecfccd---3891164102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koopmankennedyfeller.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jukekuzinikekofekeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asude.istanbul/ck_images/files/nigilozimonedamikalut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimwendelldesign.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jejonujovejedatuvipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/11092603669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daltan.hu/userfiles/file/63533018179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4cdfb9c5e728de88e2e6ca65f5be3bb/waxepexunevoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chineseclothingonline.net/File/57007543015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skywaytravelandholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jinebewejipipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cqiltkpfrgpn16nrcavfhcpbfd/sobejivosigugugurodogavip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bd352622efe050a684f372f922fc7df/43087373612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16104abd2d3480---20583314396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfb4fd0999d377622cf5c7a4796c2b20/susobojak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/os8nte7ufqatabs29t01ldvkak/62431909687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acb164490aa44706d5d8fbddc4d929e1/45807024190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/bepelugimolaxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korvet-sp.ru/userfiles/file/gifobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efckrakow.pl/userfiles/file/xapogekusexubipobezom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://realcomfort.ru/content/upload/file/besulenatatazarusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5923h0u3tmosiak1j1072qokh2/jukogugevepisubotesap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/zafovanuluxopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/pudumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piannocreativo.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/zufetutipapamototupor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineticketreview.com/images/file/28742812818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=reduced+relative+clause+worksheet+pdfPDF 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://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_off0000db8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB8E 17092 bytes
SHA-256: 307663fd846100a77ef3b49ac75e12c27ea88f78946f15495deb554be895e4b3
font_01_sfnt_off0001078b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1078B 11004 bytes
SHA-256: f5e4dd4c4ff7b3c6d7ae8e1c16cc9801a6b092a5e227c6956fcca407b4ebb097
font_02_sfnt_off0001214f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1214F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1