Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f88ecc3a7528a4fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.1 KB Created: 2021-09-24 21:13:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 800c95b2414087e979487a656b7f227e SHA-1: 0148776bf7752918129759018e0e7006e7306960 SHA-256: f88ecc3a7528a4fdd8bc18e97e016b962b4fe8f945240cb1a84014630a709ea4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm. Multiple embedded URLs, including one hosted on compromised WordPress storage, are present, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting attempt. The PDF structure and embedded links align with common tactics for distributing malicious content or directing users to fraudulent sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=change+dark+mode+on+chrome PDF link annotation
    • https://thebookonpersonaltransformation.com/FCKeditor/file/volepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56053828686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9jamail.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/mimisowoluxedonabajezofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absoluteanytime.com/media_file/files/files/76757638397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etest.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/22959273379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafegreenwichvillage.com/uploads/files/76723133207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://posaonakosovu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xitolesupof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolmalatrek.com/userfiles/file/zaxiwowewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gewald.ru/content/Files/27965879335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613545e289f1b---16874916821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.nl/userfiles/file/49894878715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensegun2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68769201723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblo.marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/7810916646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/44347766238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbladvtgxneccoge3bt.xn--p1ai/pict/file/wujizugomekiporajedoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134600717c2c---wonetegimiropigerukegetin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colline-eternelle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gubagukuzusejaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe131f122db9d007baab88ffde2a8222/gafagubak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161348c43e1bbc---lorajitutobamajor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hk-sai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuxegoxoxonolekibamulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613efa59d818d---buwakaperutofozoxak.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_off0000b2bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2BF 10536 bytes
SHA-256: ee91bff7a6b51df4be97b5704e8fc2e514a6110f4a1b6b518c7157eecbef8112
font_01_sfnt_off0000ca52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA52 17476 bytes
SHA-256: ab312881d251bbf4c4ec4f3809a3d066ae51fe7ad1097766daec42361599426e
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1