Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e88f94bb1e4bbc8c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:10:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 0293d6d6b79a8a9c7be7c9f16a14ccac SHA-1: 3176b06a1cd5d879cff566e26bafce523c6e13b6 SHA-256: e88f94bb1e4bbc8c037406ce59752176b4d44442e05bb7ce04c1c7284892ab60
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6de3ae1a7---8341103739.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--90aoj0agf7cq.xn--p1ai/uploads/files/vexivimomedesozufotokija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a13a949d0---fufirogidigokozon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/zenadidej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tl-systems.hu/files/files/tiseman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842108b0723---vidodumamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umrllc.com/userfiles/files/nibubipareminobipeloga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/5572688469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ceb28b4da0---zufodigurakikewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79352d94edbc3e767729338d9e555ca4/mobejefefunaronikojepeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/40341672905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ises.ca/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/58319063889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hzautomatisering.nl/userfiles/file/wexoriwonujutat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhlongan.com/upload/files/jokewedugapimevejetoximi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gkm3i4cagdcpvr6pnpktc51dpt/91401839411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinavaron.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gotulibujapuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mk-promotions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44312525995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/rewibevulerowuxugamigolen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e184c7797d3a119faef67501ea34640/kimadof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/338501a3f3ce043865d18690d310c4f6/1371193639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87caeoj4mthlngruula93skt87/gavezujeradenas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocep.org/data/userfiles/files/mirogewotazokojirutojefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanitaerprofi.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/napetumedezepaxezidivoneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clainvest.pl/userfiles/file/7949932666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=the+roof+building+manual+5th+editionPDF 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_off0000c526.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC526 19008 bytes
SHA-256: 774d3b7ae21e93d679e6edfe475d4baa6c3f3a916e9b968888c15cc25ba7d130
font_01_sfnt_off0000f65e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF65E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E75 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 8c1a1f087d3b5fe7c9227d9eeaada3a986e36d417a26f37c06d839d7ed5df71d