Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98fb73341d466862…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:12:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 966e01631b2ab2c42cfe9e01ebfbd053 SHA-1: 8a92892c7b67c77e25bbd9c7ca7d7fe3507cb41a SHA-256: 98fb73341d4668625d9bf077e2a0b43dadde304cc1cccd4254479525db588a5a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple external PDF files hosted on various domains, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to these external resources, which likely serve as lures for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://telechips.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88016686407.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aspbae.org/userfiles/file/9848342958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrpennarak.com/user_file/file/54177601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reguitti-engineering.it/userfiles/files/petobefimigufif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13aa142cb39c9808678d06e7d80999b4/18500218576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girc.ncue.edu.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/bajoguwoguto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.schule.havonix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87130120139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulgraphics.paulsfashion.in/files/wupilizegefis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salamatekhanevadeh.ir/ckeditor/files/files/gewalezalofukipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafehinglung.com/uploads/files/raduwerozewelinuwujibetif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/divogivovulefubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alohasafaris.com/files/82566465499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlonnuri.org/UpLoadImage/editer/files/zoximesur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabriquetextil.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/14044225586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korea-seals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52454052924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vip-cond.ru/userfiles/file/84630324756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://equipociclistaugeraga.com/ciclistas/userfiles/file/guzirefeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sntaviator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22487940147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.com/images/file/2781397184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecresconsolidamentorestauro.it/fck_data/file/tovopimufuwuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etalentlink.com/uploadfile/file///2021091907211378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142ebe91f323---61704702568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://automatisme-portail-bordazzi.fr/userfiles/fichiers/65101981668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614269afc49d9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khaskhaan.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/60593592238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=best+android+10+custom+romPDF 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_off0000eb81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB81 16904 bytes
SHA-256: e6545212c1cbe93ffd422e7c95e1e7f8ddd5c12c6d010fde38d36e26231c376b
font_01_sfnt_off000116f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116F5 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 9b88f01e049d9ef498df9eb97566fec008e8bdbb84fa20704f069574bdd731cc
font_02_sfnt_off00012ff8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FF8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1