Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e88ff3da46c12c8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:17:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 49533f3a600027f30cc8d8f14a2bb64a SHA-1: d5946fb779f83d44e37d2709a6b34230bfce7616 SHA-256: e88ff3da46c12c8e9a742c6674a6f20330b725ac5dd2789cea552591718a7f3d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 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://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hga1qr34tj0pb4bfp4khm0lm97/xivixusivuxaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611fbacebc279---34840399456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0a3exp.com/upfiles/editor/files/majemowanubinixulujizenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungtransplantopen.com/clients/d/de/de7cc03d42bda6b8b84c8ac9728529bb/File/28786724059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b89832d80d---76802368894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ap116.ru/userfiles/file/8284108889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.l-games.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/teremajopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duonglaohanoi.com/userfiles/file/54056167915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb3810dddfd---60164800281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuqiaohome.com/uploads//files/202107310827026111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromamahabaleshwar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67638970553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2afa54491c---fitefavapogatedofaxatusij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/ruvaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/28109731860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fe8b416215---64324309184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddservice-bmw.pl/userfiles/file/2986679673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105ee1dd88e3---86250345346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/fatosajofibonebigadirog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86a4a7bfc50028a76df38e47bf5b2f98/5520353368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f057b80fc2---91667024410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/63290593584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quartierdete.fr/uploads/fckeditor/file/62459189575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ea3e220d1e---jakodolonodekakumon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/59518217654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=norberto+bobbio+liberalismo+y+democracia+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8cdb4e8b14---64081675881.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_off0000dbe2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBE2 18724 bytes
SHA-256: 0f64e32ee8e09d7375d708afd86dad8e144425a365322d19ff23c7c5993bf6cb
font_01_sfnt_off00010af4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AF4 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 5be8a839c5948001b5fb7377d5b1e0dc815b41a5f1c5dc23354a7daba8b03273
font_02_sfnt_off00012407.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12407 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1