Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98b6f31e89ab414e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:15:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d4133f262a05212b0835428eac230ce5 SHA-1: 5af0c775a1593546d09576418c3a2abff83b0453 SHA-256: 98b6f31e89ab414e0d18f3f8ef1b103cffed394636e39cbb71d5f76579c10f6b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score further support its malicious nature. ClamAV also detected it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://suachuadienlanhhoaphat.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/topiwofob.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jmvlpslimited.com/ci/userfiles/files/nopizefupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/epebm7l1pheuf145jqk52sgcg7/folaremez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://em-mould.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64132724133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuclubcr.com/campannas/file/33769123592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6dc4cd2ab5---4435940731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolecasetta.it/userfiles/files/ranujisowol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87771d059a70414f5483216fea41c16a/42897021502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd9a666958a84d78f19766c75ab63d1a/lanusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zae.me/datafiles/file/datowujutixerekape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802724704c1---99904000382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sijobixesadajinale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samsungklima.net/upload/ckfinder/files/repitarulopukumabosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/zetonugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goez3.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79405202631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clasesholandes.com/userfiles/file/68597334577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8f59dc326b---famexexojazesomure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/10540309067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608434f30e917---xorulezazogefefevaxizab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a87047ad08e2ca712d4c206889861da/19200410485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b30aa8c5d---vosarasovuzalanifawuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dsvgtakg3u0nd90jujc54nqn90/pilefolotenekagesag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acsd0u9ad4g2ftrgdcp58utusg/juviwub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quinta.cl/upload/files/99716364321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nineslash.com/user_file/file/35315480886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariocamali.com/userfiles/files/diwajirupigorixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=fisher+price+aquarium+cradle+swing+manualPDF 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_off0000cf81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF81 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 80859647a340f8d87c0939faaeec6831dfcec2d78c50b156112ca96dd28cb6be
font_01_sfnt_off0000e889.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE889 17456 bytes
SHA-256: 17f565b53c764d6c3ccad00526734e83e982781069a80e5c11e82a2f95eab490
font_02_sfnt_off000115ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1