Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98f16919f0154033…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.5 KB Created: 2021-07-25 06:00:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: c2116e9033fac47ff5952971c74fca7c SHA-1: 93616277a9128f08f5ddd981b88007980bf9857a SHA-256: 98f16919f015403370f155c345cb36a8f5e28229767fe3c5f9dc5849d7e9ef9d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure designed to lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93eb03cbbc30c1e27ebd1e2c80f08b52/8064485036.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086af54ea898---47806789560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroteam.vn/ckfinder/userfiles//files/fisunoxilosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f4b2da11ab---42916366560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c789ea695f---gajitezidawukeximob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d243d48e0---podeloruvatamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tivatijapan.com/uploads/userfiles/file/jegafuzim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/803f0b062aa74da396569287f8802b9f/guvejexewafokuwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/88828607257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tangelo.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b53e235c5c---lijafexot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mdv6rc8fb9ohpgrcmgpkn0d596/31899644274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/55135211239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/21768295372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6247fb2f4c11241e55bc9eba4a7d9cb0/junigurezuzab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/julosexizunejuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7839b37acc3d24a65faefe8f985b4f6a/86132557080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f4a09d4a6---xelaloledewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078bec86c62e---sufeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/281g0tmq7hukp2eqgi0hsvj7ku/58203345852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7caac08fb7---biwapixugowufowar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/50766506567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oroblupiscine.it/userfiles/files/25779714505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4k3jjh3ot1it1brggh52q8uhrj/zifirumukesogopave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11c2f5f8d54faa46ef872ce7c3f996af/zilinexakab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=taylor+ice+cream+machine+manualPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c5ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ddd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDD1 10404 bytes
SHA-256: abfdcccc21a8a64ee35c1c172a515dceba3466ee29277588f35262197efa92dd
font_02_sfnt_off0000f528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF528 17804 bytes
SHA-256: 43787e5e0fdffef595f00741e107c9d4611521468be80c22854410827671e06a
font_03_sfnt_off000110b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110B6 16164 bytes
SHA-256: 1753b33299f5a3d8e91c81d7a572c32bf855df9d3f0f053c17faf9308167c585