Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d88966f622bfb36c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.4 KB Created: 2021-09-12 18:37:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a8f0fa27ecb5a5bcb64b462b42cfd8d1 SHA-1: 54fc18d2f2661b3aa4ec650a7b67ac2543e2a4de SHA-256: d88966f622bfb36c3a3953142d99376761aa78f3d755a1f7b60a7965e7ed89a6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for malicious redirection. The presence of a ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classification strongly suggests malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the heuristic firings and URL patterns point towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+sms+restore PDF link annotation
    • http://lucidareemantenerepavimentifaidate.it/userfiles/files/gibudowuluzugemokanixamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canionglobal.com/FCKeditor/file/vilixogojef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgmorenanews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16693753904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pretaporter-pegah.com/userfiles/file/30599607209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rt-totaalafbouw.nl/userfiles/file/mapezixepasajebal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhouzhuanx.com/v15/Upload/file/2021910112411190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medwin.kr/userData/board/file/wekagedukevapavebad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/53798798158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-hj.com/up_photo/file/44084167725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videobezopasnost.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giwezujelipimijob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mweb.cz/images/file/57180929251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.info-service.com.tw/plugin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juwodadiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manage4.realtourvision.com/rtv/ckfinder/userfiles/images/files/renovepawimogiwolofagudak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixturkey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/835658152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tt-ural.su/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70920014792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139da8b64d01---fowipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://8cj2aja7-8mxb.com/contents/files/mepiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/bituwofomejulej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jx4d.com/userfiles/file/mukabekil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ec8f20c6e---45234493672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161307dfb6b520---moxaradevuxigagozigazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joebalogh.ro/imagini_ws/28540275252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appartenvue.net/appart/upload/images/66219470817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xewokufizudev.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_off000118a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118A1 18624 bytes
SHA-256: bd45ff599e354e84fdbe19cb2622867dc28687da50cc975978dc41a44b87de3c
font_01_sfnt_off000148e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148E5 10184 bytes
SHA-256: 360d7efcd021310aca315df1af581a242434a83720634748eee8b9ade029a04e
font_02_sfnt_off00015fb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15FB2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1