Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d88108318ed1441e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:03:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ac22ca1330c7f1258903bf6e72e0021b SHA-1: 5543235bb3daa3d979d21adeda1d2de63932c427 SHA-256: d88108318ed1441ecc81e80d8b384c72e0b431d1d2ad3b135ad247d408c76d48
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging these links to potentially distribute further malware or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 https://octvads.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tukadekajip.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.xtremefitness.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/panoferegixomarisujadesul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kosmonautika.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93932395882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/fosexulixuwawokuwevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e26ef8ffa8106895735ee81084683fbd/61389262433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valsadindustries.com/userfiles/file/86641346208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b7c718476---nopitalalefonofom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/57224177897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/brn8pdfprpnk6sn1dnq8cnr7qt/5895841651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoplan.su/userfiles/file/89605416264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maroba-zirndorf.de/file/wixapezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dissanna.com/temp/fckeditor/file/13866218258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anindecor.pl/files/file/5530957973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmarlboropike.com/uploads/files/wuvapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be857bc136---57762192277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olneyjune65.com/clients/d/dc/dcef5d22f85ec69f5810ba62c2e8cf46/File/legipebadupewujopokoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55aa0f0227f98b51c3e67fbe08705659/paponuludujiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blackshirts1962.com/clients/f/f2/f245580d3072b78cda2271cf7a7e3f61/File/5583936696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0dc2b89b9c---83968243953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/majuwagez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac4421dc251---xulope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e7bec5ec8---jopepurifomodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/lafategedufoporoxibok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cost+to+submeter+waterPDF 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_off0000e8b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000100d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100D0 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 77e9689bd61a6553f5648441ce9162c99a6fbc2b563ff952b8c3c18c422b7dbf
font_02_sfnt_off0001187d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1187D 16996 bytes
SHA-256: 731dc9044e6d7a0c663c6830812518c098eeb811415b8f61eb6b1b5882ab1437