Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98b6393a138f3575…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:26:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f95338babb555aef2854529f0fabe830 SHA-1: 294960d7102afac7dbab73aeb3b2846a95f1c211 SHA-256: 98b6393a138f3575ffdf2cbc87a612171e7f42a4dfd58bf398b73bd70ff0c08a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. The heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish for credentials. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.tahitotfaluovodak.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kulowejekupubejo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099814cb103e---52519634640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blesk-stroy.ru/userfiles/files/29915523573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qeyeoptical.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fozitikaduruzemakuwibagat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavingcare3plus.ch/userfiles/files/wogazazedisakumesiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf0cd52897ced719a009baa99aaee4bb/watuxiluratodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/8340319019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160faa62cbcc63---58323486919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duproject.com/uploadEditor/files/tekubomulutolala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/zadeloderesopofovuputu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canevastoilestjean.com/upload/editor/file/90718565956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surrattsville69.com/clients/8/81/8122276c22396d7fa0996010cc369f50/File/tisumetesume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vrindaindia.com/php/joseph/uploads/file/15124690592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucphatloc.com/upload/files/jonodagurokakujeloxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polesprogettazioni.com/userfiles/files/zezulowexudup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikkosushi.com/uploads/files/rebabesuwovopenob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/43403900538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9792481246---31542547660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6428b332e0---72767416688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiuanai.com/userfiles/file/74203168585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afd.me.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tq5ji0lqk2156dlr7roilfncs6/xixajudidiriwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093fdedb08b3---71358571379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd6a83d135---79972339017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ccge44nkcplpflsjrj1oapas3/66312752417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=raisin+in+the+sun+summary+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_off0000e2cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2CC 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 46e5a240da9015d3a7e4b723db3250efe1a34829ee4060d1e0d9a7086f22b75f
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBAE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000113c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113C0 16240 bytes
SHA-256: 74bc11655abad36830c8d839d29032a39a416487a3d289c4aec78f7df3363eb3