Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 398b7cf2f199b4be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-07-04 05:14:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 511fd5ae01f88b36e78c31e389dbf5c3 SHA-1: 964e4ba99161fad018500a0eec6ce0a7c6e1e617 SHA-256: 398b7cf2f199b4be3f713627e0194c66e8f60cd557daf2f29a74cd3e95342db5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to websites that appear to be part of a link farm, with many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' confirms the nature of the links, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users through a network of seemingly unrelated sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=monthly+gainers+nse
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/94588969193.pdf
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/56065170440.pdf
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/im4sqj9targu4o4rb4drr5o9g3/guzad.pdf
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742e1edbb91---84926686723.pdf
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774eb057466---bedug.pdf
    • http://sistersaviopublicschool.com/userfiles/file/gutuxiparifevewakodo.pdf
    • http://podlahypilat.cz/admin/file/48542736933.pdf
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210525/file/lesozitiferobasawen.pdf
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c6aa1d0c097ed56ff243486a58cbc83/9103459416.pdf
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/kusifuwamopizudop.pdf
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a476220b7e7---dowoxoguv.pdf
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/76686181653.pdf
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/89976696806.pdf
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071f4f929f8a---90535073189.pdf
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qjgelr7medomjk2pm6p3itsu6r/peguginurojajadovesim.pdf
    • http://cafehinglung.com/uploads/files/fenudugunudutaro.pdf
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/85586501673.pdf
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8da40ab5bc708bcb4a5d8602180c2531/46880416211.pdf
    • http://elazentrale.de/images/uploaded/file/vamovebifabixabugat.pdf
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f25b1941b7---16256779494.pdf
    • https://europartner2.pl/uploads/rududemulenuw.pdf
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/95258281688.pdf
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c37db0f5c881bccf78dc31e2bcab5dbc/5477729512.pdf
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608355152c4cf---gisure.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dd7f.bin
94e15a188089e9cc578de6b0201bada5a048eea665d3bd036a57efe5eda4598b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD7F 17132 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a82.bin
25e34d6dd2bc4ac3accc334b662082b3140193aa2d07d229d3fc8431021bd589
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A82 10492 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001225a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1225A 16792 bytes