Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98ae828fdb188046…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 07:37:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5c90ef2fac4f4cd6aaaa4cacac3a1b6f SHA-1: 5c98895ecbe07b0ce474e37f974264a3ae21b429 SHA-256: 98ae828fdb1880466722b02c26eb42872d0c6fa11ff3c02018ca084192fe1d4e
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of a 'callback phishing phone lure' heuristic indicates a potential attempt to trick users into calling a fraudulent support number, further supporting a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9692

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613026ba1aec6---39288459133.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://email-database.info/userfiles/file/35303860508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walnutcreekguide.com/wysiwygfiles/file/zegarejifolazegor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--interpeas-r6a.es/upload/files/tesosudowev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614502a8ab8dd---waxepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://razzledazzleevents.in/userfiles/file/bubekisajisobosop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04126eaa8728c7e8e07b1860676b7a3e/94597530539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcserviszlin.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10390904590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ycb.one/pro_pic/files/navugegozevuxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpiequipos.com/assets/images/user_files/files/tibijotefutatepile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funbugs.ie/userfiles/file/58938551858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjengo.org/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/sawapodukikeligigojin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butterfly-propertymanagement.com/userfiles/file/18669569754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/53830659779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isdoor.ru/uploads/files/1851293806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/UserFiles/files/86284392317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://18554080.com/userfiles/file/polipezenolezim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65575251445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hometextiles-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zolixiwuzokirerujorasej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhuyscampingcar.fr/images/files/kulawupafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail.teleserviciomalaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18166358543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130b3b51cef8---juravipilov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161405af349564---95231144865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herningbadintra.dk/app/webroot/upload/files/30820950790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayxaydungthienlong.com/uploads/files/files/90232186674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forssh.com/userfiles/file/gefilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=mozart+piano+concerto+23+in+moviesPDF link annotation
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000109db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109DB 10900 bytes
SHA-256: f9f132135d680d55e2a68e3d3cfb1d232e458d93100e853cea9637d3ff33b487
font_01_sfnt_off00012336.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12336 20740 bytes
SHA-256: 2b1c2d46c37682f8f81ea0f81804b1ff85b3f96442012c9791af0fa8ecd928f4
font_02_sfnt_off000158ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x158CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000170df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x170DF 16244 bytes
SHA-256: fddcbe21bdf9fb2753729b4ab5b26d7a3fbb01e3fe51d41ab0725360e25c189d