Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98ab710f68a28a91…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-07-16 03:45:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3d648a388c4e1f5729d5dff3f8e496d9 SHA-1: 61919dadf8ed8cd81dcf25bc5536854e29f53653 SHA-256: 98ab710f68a28a91c81ed96c6fbc1463dbf0e8d9855a5f39682545588c1c7231
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing sites. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of disposable hosting further support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://hfdjet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66234e24d5f576bf73fd2e4e5934d62c/2903633710.pdf
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u9glvash4rq91bhd7lan6m62aj/bofesowobaja.pdf
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7bf293e1a2---nakopojev.pdf
    • http://hanarotalk.com/userfiles/file///vedanaf.pdf
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734f4a38580---94171456275.pdf
    • http://airholic.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/66699711027.pdf
    • http://mnwebdesign.dk/userfiles/file/84534185645.pdf
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c274e1b9489---71149055729.pdf
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f08f2ee85---vadofaginiz.pdf
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/sogenenavil.pdf
    • https://drisraadentalcenter.com/userfiles/file/89554599313.pdf
    • https://koratspring.com/upload/file/75080033890.pdf
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/31106962256.pdf
    • https://malabarmail.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35128426374.pdf
    • http://bdn10.cz/files/file/vilapimanitakiwibim.pdf
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4580de6d6895a0fab2c52289d0d04c48/49631981782.pdf
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090344891d0c---vigipekexajesinajedodegu.pdf
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5f6de86bb---molil.pdf
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a436e69186b---wevuwefevegegusobunikotan.pdf
    • http://ahkkpcm.org/userfiles/1575273267.pdf
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7984d68bbd1aca8d61c15a11a753cff6/lidovupozojunog.pdf
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d77fbd0f4f8---68987010050.pdf
    • https://samavetpharm.com/userfiles/files/98679831316.pdf
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ccd6bb166---negumebakaguzab.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=allen+iverson+and+vince+carter
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f13b.bin
de3d25a9bc27170dc28613213c5565e3224f431c67f67b8b6c2f6d818330e35f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF13B 19824 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001237d.bin
de8c52584185c61fc3581213d4886298c5736b9ffaa34b92187a114b29b57e2c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1237D 10408 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013b3e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B3E 16792 bytes