Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e88bb8152319ff3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.1 KB Created: 2021-09-28 08:20:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 05eb281b8af488f74dba1a5149eb7b83 SHA-1: cc42ad96b09c9e92931a0bd794c7df7a2e7f414a SHA-256: e88bb8152319ff3f14450a431a39d9a1b7a0db46a0b047e5c75217e2b4c1168f
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, employing an image-only design and embedding multiple external URIs. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, likely serving as a downloader or redirector for further stages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 9

  • 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 68 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/satipimelirowogum.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10f031ed2889059305e066805c9909ad/23532461630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lianbang123.com/uploads/files/202109041724264454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proleague.dk/userfiles/file/69940432080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3259d18896274b4e48e293f74b282ebb/vovelizakunitajogaxopeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standardamulet.com/files/files/22625136492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villahetzwartepaard.nl/survey/userfiles/files/juxepeniwab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krr-nfe.com/suratnfe/UserFiles/File/fibozerotevikapesixejox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/1039750034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metalzilembo.it/userfiles/files/nejubetelotamux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://picassogift.com/Uploadfiles/files/88414567158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.singaporemedicalclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/falalakifonava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://restaurant-kamkok.fr/img/Data/file/58807837980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sicompk.com/survey/userfiles/files/gaxuwen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riolospettacoli.it/filesUploads/file/zuvabekobalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artanuji.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nusojotufonarozajubuzar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kompassztuki.pl/Image/files/839479519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seatraderhk.com/userfiles/60785840667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://12shio5.com/contents/files/sigunakaribo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noxsun.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210910035618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/26354656162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/fanujagaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takarasushimn.com/userfiles/files/magam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chamdure.com/DATA/files/tadunilopelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ecb70062cf8472793fd1436e9a02369/wigilavine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=big+money+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000afe9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFE9 13960 bytes
SHA-256: 6ede6c836a05964b7704c70aa55b3b5963a4572884c734ebd792c970565fda44
font_01_sfnt_off0000d275.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD275 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA8C 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 9f7f183af703571af2581dc94fceaf513706e6d2428822002f2034bdad9bf30b