Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98d6fa96230ba054…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-08-25 21:13:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: a22e0e53512e6558eb42aa5055a1d12d SHA-1: fa1fa9bdcbafddf8801b2681a489d5b1683fcbb3 SHA-256: 98d6fa96230ba0549551c502403cfa80c917c4a534d508b563f29d69edd2d6fe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ba56c1c01b28d049243c97eaef82d41/nulazige.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rbtyutj01.com/userfiles/files/13905964353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/65692362115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/45576554241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a57645008---tomojuxegadagudalozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4db7dece278d38ff304e88e1f1386f2/wumujeteri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/gonunukixugorumufuwedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c15a63596---65423371309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e27ea3f0617---70747862163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cavalier-hundezucht.ch/userfiles/file/75455863699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/rojojosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enovosti.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuxinagipovewuxepexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christmaslandint.com/userfiles/49473525611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160958846810b0---lonenizipumodixome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e193b43ee91fb642dcaf016ee836682/wonoxinesegiwotagise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a79c54e25---74557948097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3d5cb30eb8a204a8898cd7e85c55b13/15771561042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9063778709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079dfcc739b5---22010318519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangphatdanang.com/uploads/image/files/rolufedora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sobinco.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18318193803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khonggianmang.com/upload/files/39922180774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61a30331f4a0570581240d94088c4255/xuzalasepegunufagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfa8798bb03---9459805048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80901725790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc75f7869ff88e5e64cb7e33df95ecad/3401472831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=ultimate+guide+to+chart+patterns+by+steve+burns+pdfPDF 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_off0000e306.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE306 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB1D 11492 bytes
SHA-256: 4d417236a6396b0dbeea8482953587449705d2c5f38883beea1f0281232c2584
font_02_sfnt_off000115b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115B0 17720 bytes
SHA-256: ee15e0a898e0e844b3c6d38f2b494e98db00cc14593984d8371989facf2beaff