Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98a7ec83c918b812…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-07-14 10:13:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e8efaa6aa81801faccdf9646607ca99a SHA-1: 48c5cc68025b1361f528dafda391a581faebf9b8 SHA-256: 98a7ec83c918b8128aa4d5908ca5cc6522ff78680679aa0075adfd68e179bbee
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute phishing or malware. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=aircraft+engine+working+principle+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://clairerolo.com/userfiles/file/19045923749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a49e1108f9---nabisedeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d298a5bf56762c86e078e3abb79abe0/kozuxogibixuwarisulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfe234482e73ac38300c6865839505f3/waguroxukujavevijofaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af4ba9c2b5---razizesomiburenaxadene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikitellirezistans.com/upload/files/66013535456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomilano.eu/userfiles/files/reduluwiralivakokagez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/tikonezakugikawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa0935d0d5e1213c37853022e01261b7/79628626941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b316d2cdeb713f81d4119d66b66cc0b/75788498359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/40513013167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/voten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffa32bdf202c34cccf68458a02f6e5ed/72603740849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbhs1965.com/clients/6/6b/6bdd8f708684a1f547efbf97e1630fe5/File/1578463242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iltuosarto.com/file/pegazuvabuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e004fb88a8---3651605348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rrfpvlqp78v6u86s935ljprii2/67102298594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wrd13.com/force/file/mafogokikaritaxepomeritu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ellnesao6sfd3e3dtr6fanvv70/tozexajidizinowefivofak.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_off0000e4cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcdf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCDF 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 161b53e7b860e87e4cfee4207feec72823267e953fa93b077438ad91f964027c
font_02_sfnt_off000127ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127CA 10788 bytes
SHA-256: 0ed1825c46eddb5f1e178e332f2a545cedddd636fa94616858f09bf94d727458