Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98cb7dd68fca0efb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-08-14 14:37:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3517f5f118aa5eb3e64649f8bee6dd76 SHA-1: 576d3438521fb4848ff2f14426b1220be3c2eb16 SHA-256: 98cb7dd68fca0efb1048b40385ae427ea1bda5233ddb0603dfdf77c9ba68cc24
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to external sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bc2a864efcb64b6a3093305207b3465/59560226327.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af5a7dc5f47---16126142834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/66242723481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c36f78b288---pudagazosizoromugelawabir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/foril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crisismobile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejajejegeferipolugoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/88089896737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e47be8c8f728bfb915f31994a788340/53351227868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32honqhq8rlgdt600rvsqldar6/buzewejudojonudamemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boxikutigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f19ae0aa775e966421775714b0729624/buzifuvav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domholidays.com/userfiles/file/lojidodazagajotosepamafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbb8a9b2dc48298810de9bbf35238918/82821565297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/puvegaxazixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b19172729e---rikirexoganapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//93871251987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e9144a031---38095206992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-uchebnici.com/img/file/35612508255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.schule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zafikarolasosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mjaobln9loledbs9kpbf2m76m7/matovugep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839590a24fd---dudezizus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/lubirepasubizeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dd852cce7a09070f992aaf337601662/75639185494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161008134ee1d0---fimumemepulizudazefebizol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+relieve+meralgia+parestheticaPDF 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_off0000f73b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF73B 10860 bytes
SHA-256: ef1dec9d11a4f943bbb5232dcc754b1799498cba7c6f05aa328727b89d47398d
font_01_sfnt_off0001105c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1105C 16676 bytes
SHA-256: fedcc6ff8dd7f650922a70449d2c713b9722bf764e857e59975370ba88fd7d80
font_02_sfnt_off00013b9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1