Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98c24841befebd12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.9 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:28:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d948134c0addf238717458f326b91568 SHA-1: 033d3747565700ab1c7b59c17489bdb26bba7b6e SHA-256: 98c24841befebd12fdd4a1759d554372bb011f4046ce54cf21cf22cb4de5d393
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of external links and the nature of the heuristics suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content, potentially exploiting vulnerabilities or delivering further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=terjemah+suluk+linglung+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a52cce0e4d7---37072426723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d861de9013---87554330294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4d9435c17---lazenusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://darangyi.com/userData/board/file/31117980970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://packagingandfoodmachinary.com/userfiles/file/85855121828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsmsaldature.it/userfiles/files/77706930806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05fcee572ed091abb60e998f033ad325/febidadakovojufekugeseret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fangjin.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21615641982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dominopark.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44740117771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a467e462c6faf03eb66cf9d49c8035e4/damugasazozevisasidatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servmed.net/userfiles/file/58520937470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaisonland.vn/upload/files/31804684837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdo2gmj8f7mhe921chtajnm3v6/jemakubuwerip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fc2fa9d504dfcb5f09c16fa83dde434/29431903568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a1642b573---nigupaxabuveziruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160949642357e1---80545949223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icr34.fr/icr/icr34.fr/www/files/files/nipezinopebijirovasolel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f2124aee7---xijizer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faxik.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tonusozalaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpi1pusat.com/contents/files/vujeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camberwelltaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/87761201340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karelo.com/uploads/File/39563058128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/47414963988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://losmarinoslanzarote.com/marinarubicon/admin/file/11253099084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/30474421996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00015539.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15539 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 45b8a18ad0856a7ec308e6eab47a56437ce8b708d0d8d93cca524660b9a213ae
font_01_sfnt_off00016e59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E59 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001866b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1866B 18424 bytes
SHA-256: ebb83ea5c019aea0d2357a64c992afe5258f16d97b84fd6674ac1f337c5c8107