Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98e62f7dd7d25445…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 06:48:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: d00d4667b94525225b15ab06505aaa18 SHA-1: 5d7a9c3730e61e375caf7e843cc9bb2d4d8c05d7 SHA-256: 98e62f7dd7d254455f6ae9d806d5032035f312416549c0c3601d6aa7c5b4c300
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files, indicating a link farm strategy. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af74c7e3bc---53261921595.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j8eldjfs19fe45u8aq7lotghsl/96287319786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocw.tw/uploads/files/govuzodateg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed64947e20---sidavurupujafoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ffc3d301df---nofefuvijimujexoduror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betentour.com/sites/default/files/file/30035246117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/35000319477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607972d946cee---jupowux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d7cde84eb---jivigikozazaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colegiumaniucarei.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38268186371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b23a408e05e---83560238107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a8bef854990f5f4bdf6e0ab23dbcac0/fimosevozole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839d114d51e---55300732017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9de18addb---domopumafimimulew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae641b52bf9---52510270556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/86500799944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d6300c1f5132452ade2e20ec23c320c/ramuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strahovka66.ru/userfiles/file/bubod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98f1c1a09ebab5bea057bacc4c3c1a0c/suwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownchantilly.com/uploads/files/pulolurovixafisanekuvolad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6ed28577c5---mitipelenopojulalukudek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7b59e47a6---gonarusatumamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cc7956ae832ab7a533ac5f032e3487e/85883071594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983fe957229---75853999915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/29340102606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b56a7426cb3---pizoduwobexix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=eyes+feeling+heavy+and+blurryPDF 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_off00010daf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DAF 16852 bytes
SHA-256: af282009c5ab1eb9b22448e87e738b60c27a5cdcf2987398044b0fa7dd5f6a7c
font_01_sfnt_off00013998.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13998 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 1876d73dfebd5ab3c1321f87e5c64486969ea6e444697efa36df47da8851738a
font_02_sfnt_off00015242.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15242 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1