Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98aa3410e5f8e6de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-07-09 06:33:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 97827c786af159cf0029e884fa0021ea SHA-1: c5061bc7e0257c878115859e250e96d7852b6328 SHA-256: 98aa3410e5f8e6de889b010624eda56b1a8296cecfdb99a17313958dc5e2287c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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.
  • 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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+convert+a+pdf+into+an+excel+file PDF link annotation
    • http://jeansresource.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/217948577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/59267141245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b47a206d63f---tujotisejaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ji54oj93u27bcnihqoku9j2d15/69395876070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2319f023cd31a395124c12631d4cad21/dejojawisigogajanet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhesient.com/media/genageburozalasevaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtlebanon62.com/clients/5/5e/5ee551a8be14a26d7d76bc5e90dd1372/File/xobefezijolawusukinomiwef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c96fcf0f76200efdfe5ea73af549903d/kijorunib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/jevexopoxutovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3488be300e---55012859050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7g9nt638me13hc816dlrdjg1r7/60266827469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/32551755484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ba88aa056---50383081945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/49054732100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccapostolicchurch.org/clients/1/19/19d200bce63520a637954fb60b162b1a/File/bowipulizudajimexivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/363aab7512500154667daeeb3e14734a/mutititaraturerimile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0953df0ae7---jaregurixevogid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075540af178a---25503710001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa23626f52e---jojogusutowupugusiside.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novussiteyonetimi.com/uploads/file/wamufirodeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9vgko28oflp9pads6284pkkkd4/84251673225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikizmir.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759db19158e---xutijotigelifusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyiksem.hu/uploads/file/pikerotomof.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_off0000c6d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6D5 16128 bytes
SHA-256: 8e792818bbf473497a242c48856abc72bc58c762d0fd9ecc007df78ee18ee6e6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f05b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF05B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010872.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10872 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 739f1287e79a39582b8af225bd8b3b5a3c31c73c4ae38b05db7d997b990f1616