Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98d828b5f4f89e71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.8 KB Created: 2021-06-30 20:37:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9218167fb6a3f8910fe20743a4c6eb07 SHA-1: fd690c9c8d78d43ec3533ab5358909b78707052f SHA-256: 98d828b5f4f89e71e05a3d134d6002752f4810e2df73c795fb9cc0f190b114dc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also contains numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving redirection to phishing sites or the download of further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://brilspa.ro/userfiles/file///88705822686.pdf
    • http://camionespanamericana.com/userfiles/file/3316471460.pdf
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/415aa368660fd733993e6a90353b5214/6890147418.pdf
    • http://cateringkieuan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/41832771521.pdf
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mematopap.pdf
    • https://thaiahpa.com/flash/files/49301920352.pdf
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/vaserilexoburazelexaj.pdf
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885ef3b415d---woxonefigemagu.pdf
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/zuzog.pdf
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/471443448abb487687f4b28548e90d2d/rebekedaxa.pdf
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829c27878c9---jubonuwojunawefewu.pdf
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/katosa.pdf
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1ca3fdb596---60038989535.pdf
    • http://remaining-mc.de/userfiles/file/ridinipelipe.pdf
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724ccea408d---fimevufevasetejavojumis.pdf
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731decef237---meragifatikij.pdf
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22af00ce3a2bc6e6af829d5467bbe055/40855192615.pdf
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/23967942927.pdf
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e2fd2bf4c---gutuworotebufepini.pdf
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaa7e9e31a238162efc0b668eef28f93/xirej.pdf
    • https://aquaprosmart.com/userfiles/files/43673563738.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=international+energy+conservation+code+2009+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00016f47.bin
eeb20e043cfdb5e80c706a95a3e72923d7924816b3cb16b272ce9f4f96821c66
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F47 11336 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000189ef.bin
5dada97c847e4ec8abb9bad338c168ae25f20d5ce8c1d2e2e9a1c58d827c3dc8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x189EF 18700 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001baef.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BAEF 16792 bytes