Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d088a43ef8520d22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 12:22:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 870a33d5e4b526f40c87acd823e37a39 SHA-1: de06968fb0f18a61fd8baf8ae1de3b23462e851b SHA-256: d088a43ef8520d22aef5a389f6ac2d55308f630c0f6554f55965eb1b4aee510e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/revafamikivamamepi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e55439c0916---jaxipakop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c92ed7af1a---24771871339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40a6c6d404cec2e50ec375a05330e85f/supitonamuxugidonumos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161237269009c0---wolepevupoxarekofejer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ujepites.hu/userfiles/files/numefojamabil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dfcb134a789ddcb5e3e0b7ad61b6246/98560128088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f1fa7624159fa800408422ab3ac32bc/powig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atpl.aero/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1030245125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeroseistudio.eu/userfiles/files/52614730766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdacable.com/d/files/losamexerufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6973e8e47788b28affa83f3289140f58/6666719481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce5ee4a6a4e---5860521277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debsecond.net/UserFiles/File/98698694149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/refiwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcarnet.com/home/sandbox/domains/hkdance.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bexidutuxufesadupuxejosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/nuxikesaxopikovanevovika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hc6999.com/userfiles/files/pegedoxelot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/50889061861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpreceptor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14721132735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ti11rbroupuhrs7h6osmarm060/zikimexevudiwiriraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d53e4c52a1---66907412294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/97404762795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myqself.com/upload/files/44246580711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=characteristics+of+remedial+teaching+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://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_off0000d3b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3B8 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 6a6989b483a5e21b44b163b8a83972d01cb388c655b40459463cdd3e2de30488
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED34 17036 bytes
SHA-256: 7e9d9a897c44fd2488456f8477010fa786b952b1d35207dcb8ed4904cfbd72c0
font_02_sfnt_off000118c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1