Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 498b5cf1e24180f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-08-18 13:57:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: c34ee391ac11c27f075d32ebe8ed41a0 SHA-1: 6dfeb4b4bea061cd249ee38e81de7cbc2809e407 SHA-256: 498b5cf1e24180f6a80da0b2aac9ee74443b94751ed1c4279c68e5aca416dcf7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point 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 distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the heuristic firings point towards a malicious document, potentially delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://starwindows.ie/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1156703135.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u1fbj1h82pc1ta84nuvumsbuue/denugovasafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29bb176b2dcf8c4138b4a64b9fa948f2/zesudotodasen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loscogliodifavignana.it/userfiles/files/sinigorovozolefoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a36c7e1c2---maxodifigaluduxorad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/quci8s2u3ra20aofpjd95elf59/60237353939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolmalatrek.com/userfiles/file/semeditonexezitelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latgalesamatnieki.lv/files/file/59309333531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lwim-ouargla.dz/ar/files/jipawunofegexaluromu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vayamcs.com/content_files/files/28760909020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infotechb2blite.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/46557841235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7s13hm563ano2kb0pnav4npp8b/jiminizageba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actaviaserica.org/board/file/files/34678826606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e9361e8840f---sijevuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://warsztatgdynia.pl/app/webroot/media/files/fukobesiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfc653f8a8---79594271036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1ced1fab14fc96b6feb2085eb21472f/zodofibazujesoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b5087917a---94501239901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868241cdde9---tibakadijufifidof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deltools.com/userfiles/file/28589861262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8avdttt9cthv4lo0642fispfb7/jedomawunurikojetixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gourmethousemacau.com/UploadFilesfile///39927062593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=sigmakey+crack+v2.35.03+%28setup%2Bloader%29+downloadPDF 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_off0000e5cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5CC 12160 bytes
SHA-256: c3145e22635ee53e65344414ae459904432d669c6d032e7f5deae5bc0ee476a4
font_01_sfnt_off00010346.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10346 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B58 17536 bytes
SHA-256: 98d944923fb1ba67adaf4219edf2bbe9b4d175b5b273d7ae1666d68469a01cee

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