Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98132e75a598eef9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-09 17:21:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c2dc4da31258e9e4b629517919646d2a SHA-1: e3382af6492f3a61801b534ba8d18f4f0591b248 SHA-256: 98132e75a598eef9e3044f6ed38b94bd3e1316ee078d75b6467a6baf964b8299
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous 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 phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics points towards an attempt to exploit user trust through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=roblox+promo+codes+december+2020 PDF link annotation
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/98548800703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--c1aejbdnke.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuvegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flammerouge.ch/userfiles/files/55289190182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336720a6c69---xelopazibom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinka.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/migubarorizidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139c7f0e3ed2---23918674201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.ru/upload/file/4889218398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clear-es.net/yamituki-n/uploads/files/wedape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuhocxuatnhapkhau.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/24733633534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlondonblvd.com/uploads/files/14734893252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adbuilder.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lufovidesutakazifixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slxiang.com/v15/Upload/file/2021932328374667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/82002792746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gangwontaxi.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_BE56B52942575AFE.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yugang360.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-9/20210909143835337019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosebankprimary.co.za/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rifelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslag.eu/userfiles/file/70510450211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lumieretvie.com/userfiles/file/49176021356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bancasemecanino.com/userfiles/files/ravefufadipasikidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131b6e6c172d---vavokofez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achilleferolla.it/userfiles/files/51375186534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161379158d1ef0---ridopuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dce8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCE8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4FF 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 283ef52834efdb114dda588646c56780e2916aeaa52ce4f6a368bf6b8d2a81dd
font_02_sfnt_off00010d8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D8E 18392 bytes
SHA-256: d992f98b686baa9f34c2c3eff992a54849f6e62a8c9bfebf8044bd245cf88e68

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