Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98c70ae942e3a422…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-10-03 18:52:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 4d4f712dea300f8c993cb846a47cb2f7 SHA-1: 5f308795b91231971f6669dadd39b932b8433c10 SHA-256: 98c70ae942e3a42275ae60dd8b84ad402d901c93e37e9fe3c8ac2ce6ecb76ba8
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF is identified as a lure, likely for phishing, due to its image-heavy nature and the presence of numerous external links. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a distribution mechanism for further malicious content or redirection to phishing sites. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 6

  • 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 68 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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=class+6+science+chapter+4+mcq PDF link annotation
    • https://drlalashow.com/php/billboard/uploads/file/16352963709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eb4a8d1c2acc960b3d9c14bf3a85cf3/4204014686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perkunasstudio.com/uploads/files/202109191653235649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautifulmoda.com/userfiles/files/bidufavuliwigireberi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c858e7177e---48600368235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jj-metals.com/userfiles/file/2021092515434973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161530fdc30901---37798308272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ec7efde45a52b2c3c26fd75e5f3dc77/wojezuxutofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngusacdon.com/upload/files/visezudafukapirolanas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badoza.net/userfiles/file/rijazof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tehnicgaz.eu/files/file/dibivesiwokiwamagesovofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosyromania.com/media/file/37587128139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://estatepie.com/files/userfiles/file/wutazubekagusilejefimarik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balticstroy.com/uploads/files/legusogoxowapanemozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myappartement.de/web/editor/files/gekadajozovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/ruruvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://24hnbc.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/4957854926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zs-oilfieldequip.ru/d/files/zipufenapaxowunexuzige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145a6de0884a---wetotizokijukisewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yk-tech.com.tw/ckfinder/uploads/ckfiles/files/6567699870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614dcc3511409---degud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bisenzia.it/userfiles/files/timulivuwatit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.museopizarra.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xorusamibukanivuzimi.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_off0000b243.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB243 14028 bytes
SHA-256: 217f1a9efda056d76aaa3dbba4b10a8ac27b3b5664c8076b768fbfca243993c8
font_01_sfnt_off0000d50a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD50A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED21 10944 bytes
SHA-256: 822f6c2cb6d1653133697edbb495786e3a6d123dcc91e7b8a476720e508695cc