Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98acb193c87e1acf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.6 KB Created: 2021-06-06 09:03:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: dc42ecbcb22abd96314620975914d4ac SHA-1: d38b6726136e7dfd811eb29870c28680569460d7 SHA-256: 98acb193c87e1acff5bbe8158168c6d324c31dcd0292435af12983f623efbc52
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9447

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gta+san+andreas+polis+k%25C4%25B1yafeti+nereden+al%25C4%25B1n%25C4%25B1r PDF link annotation
    • http://rainbowcaterers.in/userfiles/file/nujefaxilixapebejoniziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g3nhq3gjl8hjf6v981dhhmfngq/15317771756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hublihorse.com/uploads/userfiles/files/vexaxolasamenawofadoxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e2ece0e1c---temoworixovexuroneduza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/568e29a55ee186300e7da49435244126/notixiroreke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/todusazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/69472296863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/458a394df16386573d0fced11831e697/zixudugajurigavowem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743b5b19f38---tiruxupanowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2c01aaf7a5b101806966a79b151cc66/vamiguxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5c4417b00---dolegupewidikewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079372f517b5---lugedekuwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60fad9410d8e7fa05634a9637d37c4a5/karigozenitetituma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff22928856626767a6772ac4b6925b11/9996304846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matrainagycsalados.hu/userfiles/file/12529263052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7781caff0f3eef0123c9455fac2d71dc/politis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/reromib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609413d6cc263---viwudajitopivanodivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00016b76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B76 5264 bytes
SHA-256: 3a2aa13c6e9c7f12b6f2b9569da6e42431828a50d1d82c2730c7b4b2f5745e05
font_01_sfnt_off00017d7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17D7F 14512 bytes
SHA-256: a485ba0124a7a5183cab7fe8f5ae2f39806292c89b21ace14d9c62323edabcf1

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