Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 098c6e9d23d76175…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-08-27 21:25:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3111b9eefe139d8d4132d3a851c101b2 SHA-1: 2b3fd5f791f8222191404c0572e91d6bd07755f4 SHA-256: 098c6e9d23d76175bfce197a983f43dd57c210b8dad1bbd4aa3188bea11c72ed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these elements indicates a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a60a2488d4d---ladirate.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0cb8a6794373eb8abdffebd1ae831f5/jifisemimevufedewutita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pqf4j3h6o4knelvt36i6097gi5/doxojesif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calzaturificiocatia.it/userfiles/files/tojut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81585097911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f053895d1dc329e14fb6eaf4ed01eb9d/xoxamajotufoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzbaosui.com/uploadfile/files/pamoketi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/47223080282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202106/file/1623893763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16070b261964c8---92435842842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f606e56983---rovela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad66280f810a4e9c704ff3d23a498ad1/napesilorowog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanglassgroup.cn/userfiles/file/57734841739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/54074821592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607afcb7aa034---mizenilojid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aebb04e6e15---84664407294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/36691020385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hcjp3vmertluauh3nso5716em5/49562776544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b5926f0e0---40172870767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archpiudue.com/userfiles/files/begewizofidaforesowit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087979b2c94b---84431496461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/71932368040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edad5eb844cc5ace5acf69ecc8af68c7/38004757959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=fraction+review+worksheet+5th+gradePDF 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_off0000ef88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF88 17968 bytes
SHA-256: 8329008bf6eca0ea4f1553db583c73369998ceef88b6967c2fe6f3ab20a11f01
font_01_sfnt_off00011e65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E65 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 8e9b74df4b5c4ee5080fb7d1f47e00084c433829373f0540b52ad2c382409d0d
font_02_sfnt_off000137af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137AF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1