Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98b57374b7552560…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.3 KB Created: 2021-07-07 18:27:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2f4a0d9493cd4a8513ad6777cb43ec2a SHA-1: 8dd6388a5e2228c0c904e0cca675f22f9dafbbe0 SHA-256: 98b57374b75525608cec37211c5303588e15c4bc5726452861677b3b267a6d3b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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 http://armanetti.com/images/84670692684.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4b271b8d33---65308552994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c42bb3f7f2---59158140134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fac728fe1d---21230647296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4416e93aa9cb23ba4427cce4a5fee425/jerumefujusulirilarutobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbc459ae7ce---suvojamujimosakoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607721df05c4a---nipavofarefebewube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eea56e9789---94320337131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b921b664d0e---9403377781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2a51c372aa---37963052256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/tutaponub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realschoolspirit.net/scauserfiles/files/77912782729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/28209078055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infotechb2blite.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/14335431484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb35bcd40de---zexurujewuxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12a08f2faa571234843e280827153b67/xarugusarogilapazabedil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2jqi8k2q0n2uokg1r82qhu5h2u/45024732800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vannordenvastgoed.nl/userfiles/file/74773616729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beliangka.com/contents//files/76804509291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b338114aef---kupemibuwire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decamiones.com/userfiles/file/nugaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/ralewagis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/234b14239c41b57dddaa1e1290e6c587/43415085978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/64501649873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609456c754f57---10206821757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=law+and+order+uk+series+1PDF 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_off0000f4f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4F1 19596 bytes
SHA-256: ade153dcd08392d6cba62428dfcec73eb9c3d358bbc72b18ee82dfed59ac8c46
font_01_sfnt_off000128b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000140ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140CA 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 2fcfc6ca22473f6efb87a873b3d5d851fd30292213a9ffdf658b6a4b5916e50d
font_03_sfnt_off00015870.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15870 2068 bytes
SHA-256: d9babb7c6005288a01df658e8999930e61419417892a711ef6cc8a74c6d778dd