Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 698c3a553ccf0160…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-08-04 12:25:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 678e844248b3a2d4e1262c60da855606 SHA-1: f7256700785dc7ec4be9e790c5e4222bbfd74189 SHA-256: 698c3a553ccf0160e38a0f3c1e69999bd04bfb982ba1eb22707c3cc1f89d0ba6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, a common tactic for distributing malware or phishing lures. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious resource, likely for exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7d6c959f6b---67012563814.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sobinco.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33310688691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/sixifegigunizeseziri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonvogue.nl/files/file/jorikanelijibuvezupuziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/56780518023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-xian-coat.com/uploads//files/202107291345312232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ljsv2hnga38omps2fnrkc9a93/11456645469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1helqoeebc07k37k4f0sas17am/futegiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af8e52206d9---60565311593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1d7f5bf83e---pezaperanomarosadugekijex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/63552346557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b451446123---19025220651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31635b0d1e29d2ac3685a5937f623ef1/gobonexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harringtonandlombardi.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rabebogenuvasez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5e5da32fee---zijijazalejufubutopiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0sqgg5ujn493h4ortacst1ed5/gutixuvuviveke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7niddraq7lg0jup0tom766nt4/rasulupedobanifukuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zentrumok.com/userfile/files/58008021288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fe64778c5e27e4209cf38645c536722/dowategusul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49eee65c2f---baxoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/xomijikukokizagad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lowndes85.com/clients/d/d3/d39312ffd46aa2fbcc4e4de04d96a17f/File/59393409150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/33755545826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/jizojumowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcap.cz/images/uploadedimages/file/93853108615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=appsc+group+1+previous+papers+2017PDF 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_off0000e9ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9BA 16940 bytes
SHA-256: ab942675a98f7783d4c3427f1b7006a6c665ae2b703dda5045d5a5185ad1a970
font_01_sfnt_off00011608.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11608 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E1F 10792 bytes
SHA-256: ee7b48a355ec91d4a17394f1a855e0be4cb6d333e7940f2be3398b0dddb27050