Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98de401cbe97ed02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-07-21 16:00:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 33ff10f0912b356084433783e6c17447 SHA-1: 648ceb78d15665daf33c4811ddf9274021b8a33c SHA-256: 98de401cbe97ed02acbac45a36330485bc775102208a3a4fb41c092f7643c211
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phishing content. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2189341e54---vekiduxasufimaxudawoka.pdf
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080dfac9408a---taxobepo.pdf
    • http://clinicaveterinariagoitese.it/userfiles/files/53502103573.pdf
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/thk2ivht894c6frg92kslsei1f/ralapobep.pdf
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/281408151080.pdf
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d930caacdc---papajovoledixelasuk.pdf
    • http://ipmarketing.net/userfiles/file/15513242393.pdf
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6864c243d4---gupalon.pdf
    • https://unicornproduction.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52abde9d209c82908e2b2c03c4bda95f/247734089.pdf
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22d555922e---zenuwokenawamekonipavero.pdf
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607197d62facc---nelifitajefotana.pdf
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be5ba36d14970461b17db1a34a0e8cc9/75724550438.pdf
    • https://doublehair.center/upload/ckfinder/files/kategituzijujef.pdf
    • https://netiko.ge/img/Data/file/76277419021.pdf
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/vidofoxulejufuvupivodo.pdf
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097626160019---61211216455.pdf
    • http://jentretiens.ch/uploadimage/jasuruniwi.pdf
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/764b8qsq9qrj4o8sc7v4m5p21l/77284768808.pdf
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd1cfee62db---xeguw.pdf
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790edb2be3b---47480295592.pdf
    • http://norview63.com/clients/5/59/59ba6e1aa7224642a1eeb14435756cbf/File/31533942752.pdf
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d614994c4c8---61386205845.pdf
    • https://dutchfansitenetwork.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gokefazowifiwutumevi.pdf
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/333f930b9882d2d787f2c9e30e3a2a11/tonixo.pdf
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/dobabe.pdf
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rfhslu8pk8sfnud8elckv1n56k/sezifagoraro.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=smile+quotes+for+instagram
    • 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_off00010965.bin
67f1fc83f7d5f0136252f200cc947801a2bddc55af967f17584c3bff2f6246bb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10965 10876 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012230.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12230 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013a42.bin
9f90426bf9abcf8980a3baa8f0121001f55bf5a21228a625cb1db98f4d60646b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A42 16412 bytes