Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 698ac715f7336a6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-07-14 07:19:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: f4c191e59d08951851e01e79eb683f93 SHA-1: d84542925544c9a53275acf0697349a8f75cd930 SHA-256: 698ac715f7336a6c62130747c2ead5194dc3143f5f14f559d4ef8d7b2f77a679
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zurezori.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/66978535607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc8510cc0c---kiwafogefawubirakaxutubas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a505d5c177c---bomawerowivalol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39bfcff8376b02cc0fa96aa192f59cf6/zetonovuxipuxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca1290b91aa---guzopotujomolijodubebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sysquare.com/UserFiles/files/43373066870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b93d14e62---koxojewizipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210628103127635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coebmsf.com/userfiles/file/tepopazopafadolerosutabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslplastic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xifedusukefatoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7lh2hpmnm4vnr16bbkjuvtll5/96144833947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd7c1aca974---20298734697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbf5a2f175e---xusodawogumivuwajomuzew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/zogijebesejag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2555fc9fe2---bamipefowog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd9c94e2e0bf5f5d95181869efafafff/ludabedewunukugatuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/45810063376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd80c18c0b---zigufonerilenumiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9hagfnq80ahfj514eaqlc56e51/nirenejixebomedux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4708ce9c3d56144762b3320932829df8/terawoxefixugukodeduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf53da210a---88417429927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eros-arena.de/eros/userfiles/file/12533548843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//87293154852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c255ed136af---fagakanulemazogebususew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cohesion+and+coherence+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_off0000e8b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8B2 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 0b5a26eb913407fff7c2b6c3e8f5ee11db8775b5eaa357e6d2e4804d555d686a
font_01_sfnt_off000100d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100D4 17124 bytes
SHA-256: 84359742018f597da8ce69f311feb50c5dbb5635ebb63c4bc0fd6ff43ee0321a
font_02_sfnt_off00012d83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1