Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98f8f676a6b4e57b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-08-16 23:45:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b17b6c11c1d44ce32381b81d99b6b839 SHA-1: a76890b8440a5fd1a24ff5de39f3b2ad610c5196 SHA-256: 98f8f676a6b4e57b0b4ca82f1db43eca5ef6b6a392f1552193b4c8c83871bdea
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to disposable hosting domains, a common tactic for distributing malware. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a deliberate effort to obscure the true destination of the malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://refah4ter.info/basefile/hotelrefah4terir/files/54128823173.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778fdd8921e---41506762007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruresept.ru/files/file/tagedutubitizitabipofurar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://childprotectionindia.com/lexcyberia/userfiles/files/4252192028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarexperte.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/76490904800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camgloberealtor.com/userfiles/file/28870428152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f7038a183d---8619340231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100c10d3aac9---5865732515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/xeduzarademetopowogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b9v8vrk57csbjsel90cff7s0k/gojizotakuwivedugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basisnomor.com/contents//files/xafuziwevag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f4e48bb259---32015439285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/etjbqrrfhf2845d584og2jahf5/jetogukeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbfeahwarn6ac1adp3fb2p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/vojetevokatasev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3fb7f0faaf17729af65825496c7bc92/3206935672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluelakehomestay.com/uploads/image/files/rusewibuvinalofezuxudewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb4fa5e08e2e4b3048f5e0c5651d2dc4/zesidegaravakiwenul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m61r1gb9qcu5qns6odcj6m8emd/40607831523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/7704144365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/235d117119274bab05aefdcbbc4d01a1/87480880110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c19d9905c3a---velanipis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/63982719608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwan-casters.com/userfiles/file/vidoxusoxagososagawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogiovannone.com/userfiles/files/vuxarubuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d94880414a---mikekitopezarali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+dark+rising+pokedex+listPDF 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_off0000e68f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE68F 17340 bytes
SHA-256: ec599c4e035aa33032641b551e8dfa6500aef7a9dcfb50ee0ea8fb6eb60c0d2f
font_01_sfnt_off0001138b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1138B 10932 bytes
SHA-256: d4e7cf594cf0e75d2c2e509900cb8b86bdf8b6869a1e2f73b7afbdff748be97b
font_02_sfnt_off00012cac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CAC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1