Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98ba53db51a0b056…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-07 01:24:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7caafe59a30676b1a7749930495ee373 SHA-1: 70ce73c4524fcfd02b76605b5f7dd7857bd4ce65 SHA-256: 98ba53db51a0b05650b3cd42ef03429f9d35d00f28c9ee466f40db8b0f70a7fe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious document delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 https://chpcentre.com/files/file/36352917690.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fdf36064d22e12400aa684ae82f6cc5/bezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87351360221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd4b8d3646c---fajimukabiwefowofugelel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/88247912796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chothuexehochiminh.com/userfiles/file/63345642249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6185d6152b8d82e4cc79fa4c4a64097/4896708767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/5784100647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e948192c2---xozis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27997cgi3ts3j3bel5tui44aub/kufusakega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ffcf282214---91009862017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7880209af5---gopavidunasuwobebaxezeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/pemukakaboranonig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://internationalnetworksolutions.net/files/In PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b00a888cba---9916255144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c57ceb623---xifopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a90a9d95527---69324214503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e102i6kbvnp7vhhrjen39duhga/vezivozobupojexaruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092db1675c36---107063334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbf1b9106cd---xowoxafetaxofutafizos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouveau-consulting.com/userfiles/file/zesanogofijibufitaguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af2bb5992f9---71445539495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210522113611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=daniel+day+lewis+and+steven+spielbergPDF 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_off0000f2ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2CE 16556 bytes
SHA-256: 4bc9b9ed767c18bc0ca18745838ff3418c351dca6a231e88471c1b56c05c3415
font_01_sfnt_off00011daa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DAA 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 2d4c6761f430a8a2302d6095f86cf2966c5b8f33ed9fc12ae6415f9a661255c9
font_02_sfnt_off00013681.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13681 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1