Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98eef84038670768…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-01 23:07:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 26b57db1a962530af14c5f70cb30c7a7 SHA-1: 897267795205d4e62539d76b245cb904bf78f04d SHA-256: 98eef840386707680c53675be977a12de082f827570190547ab862287719802c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. This suggests the PDF is designed to lure users to these sites, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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 https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95418ab69b9dbf0ec4aa0ff62f2ef2ec/xiwirilidunejigirosi.pdf
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lccjc04msfq6j61130dbpaf7fm/56644127109.pdf
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947c50f0250---96197027320.pdf
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083135c6014f---zidabipom.pdf
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/24735757910.pdf
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc6eba7a64---padudupopaguxemani.pdf
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b81b10a1f3---xisabawigefiw.pdf
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d903cdac9f7f285a0b1edc96be8003a3/50343357505.pdf
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0a69b463d1---sonazusesosiramexa.pdf
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63604678851.pdf
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c8fe6f0c2---rijaradokoboxizerepomuwez.pdf
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/vavemisupo.pdf
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0ed3b4b95ea299920a9ba2d4b1d59e3/bukusewosubesagaxomupezuj.pdf
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0718e30eb1dea4d660ea51a573d5ea66/95947627450.pdf
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/653b9c23c806360200ed725d2762b739/tapimidorigevume.pdf
    • http://chataphan.com/file_media/file_image/file/56698906161.pdf
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a7df6eca8---55490981506.pdf
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160893dfee7945---6854933239.pdf
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/webarojakizupiseka.pdf
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/28309400660.pdf
    • http://passaicvalleyclassof1957.com/clients/44362/File/5613700632.pdf
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/6170607223.pdf
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2khvfi2ev9qu22p32nqtm5m7t/49672120111.pdf
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c83d0b64f31a80372b9f241323ba1f03/54109249526.pdf
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0frp9hjrvgj36vnjfgm17hpdrl/xapivonepegelaxoke.pdf
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lodesemijelifiw.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=out+out+robert+frost+imagery
    • 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_off0000ecb1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB1 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000104c3.bin
343c1645f057db5f5d55b4e56dd58909a8fac539fb3723c2b9ceba3cf27ef7fb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104C3 16892 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001306d.bin
a9f2dccb544641fa8bbd8774fc9f60f6332a80b9417f612bac90ed3196bd1882
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1306D 10788 bytes