Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98b049a00504de96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:25:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d8791bd70238ab48213ea49e5bcfe464 SHA-1: f0a0f380f83eac53d1a8713d0eaa8f91e00bfd86 SHA-256: 98b049a00504de96c0b0411c50a5767342e645d3545c74daadf96d2da72ec102
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links form a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, with the latter identifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fd10ccd54e0b1006cc89dfce67ea625/19598595239.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2050337b1---95990381433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wm-meyer.de/meyer/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3270787988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwallacelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/11836257202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicaabrahaoosta.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92807836046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/64303298648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szaniterplaza.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/novamobutovexasukoxeveri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/jafujoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/dowig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a193b8e14ef3011224fb76e71d01a7cc/zigepofinoxazalisutum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.net/d/files/rolelenokef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslimitada.com/userfiles/file/wupuwideke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raljob.com/userfiles/file/83802523816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/97712115575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dab4314aa5bb693cc8c6e8ba6d602488/pavomuwesudikez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easyhypermarket.com/userfiles/file/nepudateb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/83318183735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foulardfotografando.it/file/fowumafalutazumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.assignproject.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed77ab669e---31497279548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c74b5cfc36---zadinajenevuvawupaxepulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unchiulmihai.ro/files/fckeditor/file/jofezebadadimovomelaxilef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nwdglobal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/migidigojidoxofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saltriot.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0aedfd0746e5241a4e3a142077ab12fb/nojojodikodutigezakew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f659b204c2986f983b583a87c827d6d4/buxapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://posh.hr/files/jatuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1b0bc1b9d---mijokosixika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40c933eca076b20121edf1f750ea15d4/86424813559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=about+uttar+pradesh+in+english+pdfPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cc20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC20 10996 bytes
SHA-256: ab817964047bf2c673398e9f29dc4fce52c9a553aebfebf112d1ed0ee72602a0
font_01_sfnt_off0000e52f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE52F 22072 bytes
SHA-256: 04d2c69ecc43c28dfa45b3dd8888a3b07dd51d7a0aae970db148c052c625c583
font_02_sfnt_off00011da4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1