Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98c9bfa236c572a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-08-26 04:52:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: bfa57b7d00e765760396a1db359f494d SHA-1: 8445e844e2338e7b092f1d36184022e9328e6298 SHA-256: 98c9bfa236c572a4d559f53a5329d7b83e3690712dbdf38bac49fe1524944b40
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 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://thestarbusan.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210702_B649A94D3E23AD75.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760f1be27a6---84193164419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86kupqb79a95abcbu445vdn143/vonubufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumwebthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lamatunagawepanajazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/banabadutatagapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-photo.lv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/soviferivakipup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ab4132f49---28574525593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07072e0c38706a43c82435c9e8cf7448/60049280834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/20308409387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forumcutuca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12399764256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/egli9dn0sj5r5m5cvtrkqd0hkr/15632739952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0898.com/userfiles/file/20210701163744_c7udy7.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3e8843407---20415038251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53fc0fcbebca038d1040f0b645e5a16f/81748336821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20102450967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/geferipatejegolali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenithservicos.com/userfiles/files/94408548423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8u237k1g9dtg3v9sg1gg5jqd2n/60669875602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf4e646b0323ecf0c8290eb1c773679a/dobewerozatewejet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/pulowolutivasoleza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbcnepal.com/images/file/folanojafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranjitabiswas.com/userfiles/files/fesifilun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85fd2e38543d10de4d9c857c2ac33bff/bosokezitorajegiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpi1pusat.com/contents//files/fitorulizopogumeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://short-story.ru/upload/file/7592649963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=i+am+one+with+the+force+the+force+is+with+me+gifPDF 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_off0000e106.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE106 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 892007d841219b3a7279260618232e648933b99764259bc75607ccbfc07b436f
font_01_sfnt_off00010bee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BEE 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 91cdd4efd15cf8fda65096cc02c0310e1eab6fd9852f864cb63f715c88a9e5d9
font_02_sfnt_off0001249a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1249A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1