Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 198d48f5a44c862d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-08-15 21:52:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8cae7af9c1e69987602aaaabec4c2c18 SHA-1: d7614d5d02656c99886380ee3838efd0186370e1 SHA-256: 198d48f5a44c862d2d2887af560c43eff3c92df13d426b650a278c7a47282c9c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious redirection scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=daily+reading+comprehension+grade+4+pdf+free PDF link annotation
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/xukupefeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nusratali.com/userfiles/files/72427580602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s211kgnksho0fveb4pqt0e1d6d/namivitulilod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumwebthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99231708255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eip3ufgj3lgdagfssk9fvrisf2/28267725612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/wuxupilupesirumevumufowuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cecev.com/stockages/files/wufajatuwupozevezetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wittnebel.dk/file/65170923790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086419ecde9d---ritusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee6c3313710---zezivofafepesexefokutewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandviewgroupresort.com/upload/files/70836749157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a934055166---bitejug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9c3ea4359---8063484984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myesen.life/userfiles/file/45410003256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://passaicvalleyclassof1957.com/clients/44362/File/susezowasub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zebcom.in/userfiles/file/sozazutevakijopotogufid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wych123.com/upload/files/xalozuwibixop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motelandratecuci.ro/userfiles/file/71512460448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1e4a15c92---89474061513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.centralperdana.com/file/jodevikirizaniji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bb29ce7cf1---56503953721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prime42.ru/userfiles/files/bewepalemedugosivoroved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f76c00879---gobanifepetozijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/wefodovasegovidozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soyaksiesta3.com/userfiles/file/76674171746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13733eeeab---sijinujikakololebopumazux.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_off0000e80d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE80D 17408 bytes
SHA-256: 8207352af0499e795c7b11e63492757c3e6416895152499c4e52ecea704d6181
font_01_sfnt_off00011599.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11599 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012db0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DB0 11164 bytes
SHA-256: b6c9b0ed3cd704f6ee01a26b23fe04baf0eb999d202d2ee2d6ef85f01a4e5d0d