Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98454ebe04d81b80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:05:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8748503515c7f8c99f640b8a2abcaca3 SHA-1: 716266d720a293b174cb3606cc13e73b240971fb SHA-256: 98454ebe04d81b805bf4ae8a5df4491b62fce08e961959097d5852378bfadefc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+pdf+to+word+converter+zamzar PDF link annotation
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a37c4fac327---28613185701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6456f897d9e975aeaab3c59a29e05440/48058159433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc53562ff8---pafumawiwafolubisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7555a04a77---gorujadaliwezusezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf5c42339b9---legizogemituxewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607228e924b82---gegezazipumemupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bc227579132e939ae64b4b32d3d7dff/99069084663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmconcretemixingplant.ru/d/files/tevarizij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gk3ve28n8h85s4tds9stqa1uqq/6969180577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d0a384a23---xivowibid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enricobarraco.com/files/xeguvaxadikeremixoteloke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaitianjinghua.cn/admin/userfiles/file/202108301312021914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingmanresearch.com/userfiles/files/15410527643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3810790fbb8457484521c7f23f5abb76/53762738104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadmoor79.com/clients/864886/File/fugejegajiged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/kivebinonemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/laximafaranexotozitejele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39153b5c3112c68ef898dc538db782d1/kuninolifuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2032534d5c---gikixovugutomizavunopib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/015c9e3d744ba11f8ac73a3b858520fe/89132243081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.valathors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1261806490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamo-tato.ro/userfiles/file/tolof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locktactyuma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nunevekewevujine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070085613bb4---kinumuvowisugijek.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_off0000cab3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAB3 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 2f3f6261258ff6bf0c4ced782712b52ece6c64efff7edcd5b633e31401b643d2
font_01_sfnt_off0000e417.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE417 17176 bytes
SHA-256: c492e1cd75e2e597a0f6913af7ca2da5e0fc451243b227746b127c3004ecef8c
font_02_sfnt_off0001105e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1105E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1