Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04c98ebc77338728…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:10:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 18a82cef0c047c8a3b076d8a2b4d8129 SHA-1: a5ae0cbfe828788a0aef1a2cfe9138194d51c201 SHA-256: 04c98ebc773387289e97327c204b406d2f484668f6dfbc558a55e0094267b9b5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file contains a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised websites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple links on disposable or compromised hosting suggests an attempt to evade detection and distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608313652d1f9---wamixefabukivavufa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://solarexperte.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/simagivufinawupugebododa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/gamewivunasezinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb9d6e78c62dec217b0c216db8aced9a/ladot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160713bc28f8a1---63885998322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/74254677013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/dazovejit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/nunimiduviloronidap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexinform.com/hirlevel/file/fafinusesutavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izumrud38.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13425104887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okuninka-biale.pl/userfiles/file/80509402536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77a71f26e18701563a43d94ba39cc163/lagofafafiwowixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/18975026319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/file/52449845877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99fa44a2da56edf3e1e286e0eef0a1a2/xenunidaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toeterloeh44.de/files/pafegevofosuwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videobezopasnost.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kawaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vljainandco.com/userfiles/files/27892719733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dailyiat.com/html_upload/file/32938950764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideal-site.ru/userfiles/file/63984243607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5e9mdomnlmcdefiok5c6dgd81/85976233669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b991b206f50174335a37c027019653e3/malojanedajabitoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a60a309912---vureromujefovul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdf182278ab---jabasosezopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=learning+strategies+and+learning+styles+pdfPDF 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_off0000ee3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE3A 16568 bytes
SHA-256: 2163637001883bb0aa61194db6f490255962bae880afee8c56927b5d43a1e40e
font_01_sfnt_off000118f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118F2 10624 bytes
SHA-256: e046c3c12bc9e5ac74ccb79efdccb359cd67ed9135f2bc6ffe6c467de916401a
font_02_sfnt_off00013127.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13127 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1