Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7098abd4973d5ad0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:25:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 41ed3edae7c3cf74beb0a60da6fb6e4d SHA-1: d9d3392194f81c823de1572c5501058138146c6f SHA-256: 7098abd4973d5ad0a2e21b788bc3132d584df88e6705ef1f07a855787e161c51
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggest a link farm designed to obscure the final malicious destination. ClamAV and ML classifiers also flagged this PDF as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://exmar.it/foto_fck/file/terugipaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b13dae250---15376531712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a48d71b530d---39525079708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelamadeustorino.com/userfiles/files/segukewubofivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/79869948949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapret-rf.org/web/img/podborky/files/67230912876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himanshikitchen.info/viking1/uploads/files/29455180337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ameshamagazine.com/js/upload/files/82981539822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://print-resource.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88737483122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66525125884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalkucharski.pl/app/webroot/media/files/75478031125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdmsig2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dozuvuxapodom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hesexpo.com/img/editor/image/file/gumubadimiluwelajibazat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fh5pamsiem5f3j5mb9ptgo5osq/10653499711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonsaokhue.vn/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/gebidozagapejemepaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spitalmoldovanoua.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99233398194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahia-group.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoxonedulisajobupew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609839ca2abbe---68800105835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/zusulidapotufasusezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotbamboo.com/file_media/file_image/file/92885789693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f3901666446---86324420424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4478945f58---buxefarogitikati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.ps/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3660704274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/97248656977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/faguwusudizebabijiwone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f2a35e573e3c2042ca7b0aa1c4a9e33/82147890709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lwim-ouargla.dz/ar/files/80416295470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=case+in+point+pdf+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_off0000d3a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3A6 17760 bytes
SHA-256: 90c64f479d3d814db2293b9c1ac669ddc4ee011db14b572d0ec4f2dfa9c2b0f6
font_01_sfnt_off000101bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101BB 10508 bytes
SHA-256: f051c59185f0a747ddb34194334ae577d834d785442b8c9c0dd05d8e74904763
font_02_sfnt_off000119d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1