Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98bfcab5ac8ac8b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.5 KB Created: 2021-10-03 06:16:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: d45fcde1a828269436b983e1e896679b SHA-1: e4ee31d4b0e354a6d4438439ac169634a34b96a3 SHA-256: 98bfcab5ac8ac8b898455f2102c53dbe6a22083b78ecdf9bcbbdc3a15c1b470b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a single image and minimal text, a common technique for phishing lures. It hosts a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users. ClamAV and ML classifiers strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://rucodelniza.ru/userfiles/file/wagobupadunatixurigaxov.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/kovisixizajibujikilefeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poslovniimenik.net/firme_data/files/74236845362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motodubai.com/uploaded_images/files/rezobesasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villkasz.hu/editor_up/45171663694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indago-rovigo.it/userfiles/files/42583150951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/daxisisekipawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sb7ksruq2k8qaag5vicarkitvg/64206368811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://navigator-nsk.ru/userfiles/file/zipetodowoxesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161330e82f07f9---fikavulexim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikra-ekb.ru/files/fckeditor/file/53444915327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tandprotheses.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ritival.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movie2book.com/userfiles/file/fijasinawiribawotuxevorel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/gewesetiluzipepekujiluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionemusicaviva.it/uploads/file/zadigunaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tccsrl.org/userfiles/files/87621176973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141c55594e9a---98718592152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiszelyugyvediiroda.hu/docs/file/fojafujupifivivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obraz-tlt.ru/userfiles/file/zalifenino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147aafa521f8---89332345074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b971d1fe208f3d0789ade62f19a928b/begepugigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cemb.ca/upload/editor/file/6286653468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fge-service.com/userfiles/file/61770931985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=lawnboy+owners+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_off0000ae8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE8C 13896 bytes
SHA-256: e1e5cc8b57fba3e0894c489f38e74650f8f90f62f455554261badb6e55ade329
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0FC 10476 bytes
SHA-256: fdf53b1ef9963a459c7b30d3b2936e0bf4c6bb3a1842244ebdb7a0154a2ed18f
font_02_sfnt_off0000e8e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1