Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 398ce83e4dce79c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:09:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ed3087b0cf5a2c838e695846cd454007 SHA-1: 8b7ffd32d307fe95ce7759ebaa39763f499b6a61 SHA-256: 398ce83e4dce79c03362b9cb4ff4686eebff6747535156777c22eef02c34c1c1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs point towards an attempt to exploit users by directing them to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d221ff1477e---nokotomed.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/gudas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/fujowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d02c560d4b8f4fb1c1bff28532f79cf8/zeguvitad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/satikedemogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8f9f1b4509c0a49515df14738ef285b/tokifivizomutozep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mko-yug.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cb9c5921eed60ccd88890ea6a5e8abf/voreburakulibadoserin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazraeir.com/images/upload/files/getorunusadazuvij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611bce1b3973b---41491591208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sethhukumchandschool.com/userfiles/file/84480723656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed85055398---33463098198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/mufobisidekupewijofetik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usarsenal.it/userfiles/files/87217229498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///24094764347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioixedap.net/upload/files/79077674329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/sawiruzavokofew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikitellirezistans.com/upload/files/mumexatozulofesafubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hejuj63k4o10juf1qqa1sksvjp/94092263980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6930594a9---zulebagegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4f0bf4cc7fcf038fd80f81f34d71c8e/23014352147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e2746e60c---lafesizitavefijezozujuxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/nelawuxazurolezekanaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/54259434801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andersonlawdecorah.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/82530545563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5677a6a1c3---gapobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/976af257974e1b1e94f27288abb56d32/42724522913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=nursery+rhymes+worksheet+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_off0000d93b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD93B 18016 bytes
SHA-256: 33ceb0034823e4f8cac010a3511930c9c1046555f512afeefd92510fafc454bf
font_01_sfnt_off000107ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012003.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12003 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 4b91ffbbb8f57c3ba87f777657c44857f8466c7a3fc53fb339191c1c88aa3e5d