Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 198f6b2122beaa09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:20:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e944ce81d26c6dc727675ae696e6b596 SHA-1: ebdec1ada1a1356c70f78586627f557b50b92d8b SHA-256: 198f6b2122beaa09c6497cb2f6e3071898dc1067c7a66f6323c5ed2f820f8486
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a single image and minimal text, typical of a screenshot designed to conceal clickable links. Multiple URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting were extracted, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 2 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 71 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://sssmri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/raraziwabek.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d97455426ff---57722577286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sadiqandsons.com/userfiles/files/nesosig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosquash.by/data/27032930910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacola.com/upload/files/46383114713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharageorgia.com/sites/default/files/file/75361313853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhjs3rm47d4d1jsgfcg7ban3mv/temufuxelajegumikela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c50fca2001c---79018132680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2007aa124---98319853409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1151bdff1---42443518157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/30664813108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dad269f9c7---88412697925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/vilawewel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2bc0a30fa2---vujopafamuwabixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3q1p.com/upload/file/2106180622572676275c28aol175d6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/170b1b8d20987e4b715c2f4cef08a641/poriwokivinikosogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norrlandet.se/userfiles/file/munetekisijezobubipala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070cbd3b8918---gegemema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneticapanama.com/userfiles/file/82269079487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/janomemipulogepoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beamstraffic.ae/amb/userfiles/file/17833781315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unibeauty.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaletevumelovow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/97262853973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytovietnam.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuxozalijiwokafadepatojej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalitelivideoizle.com/resimler/files/63708251236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://araprinter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83607015563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=conceptual+questions+newton%27s+first+law+answersPDF 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_off0000baa7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAA7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2B9 14632 bytes
SHA-256: f83c8a83491c8e1f07064b1579192131feb99caf777057332076e4103c10be93
font_02_sfnt_off0000f69c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF69C 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 315af1e397d11f8f638537da8e6211a8cf89989555da16fcd81c4719e4aa1a64