Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98fdabd6615e838f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-09 17:22:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0f7e581fffae639f6b63edae89238530 SHA-1: b87083572e0bd9a975028f14b2bd07fe38bb3ae8 SHA-256: 98fdabd6615e838fc26fe908c9d414a1ca0ecffb152204bea488d90b418a43be
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites, often as part of a spearphishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://mytshirtcreator.com/app/webroot/files/file/40494797681.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a27941995d56834f73316cce1ab6ef8b/2681397358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourcampuswindow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bururexebofewetoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngthisyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3134512815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanguardhungary.hu/userfiles/file/boripebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hgbehringer.de/img/files/files/duzugorizanavixekivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7p23uhn83mcictopcodkgqd05u/rurojigorona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320e9c46ffe---91613085197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/febe62ikmvev3mr5b40d2isf7f/328229512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idrogastermoclima.it/Utentifile/FCKPage/file/zexunakagabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vkp.ru/upload/global/file/ropinarajivefebix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwort.de/userfiles/file/kipesakivurelileda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiercontractinginc.com/files/file/77975986450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d44f0811a---55308992298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.themixchange.com/userfiles/files/fonetofejanoridinipoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_AD6AE38C8F8E6470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/577346757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcondosales.rodeodrivecondosale.com/userfiles/files/dasinadefetaliwori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inijariku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81143353488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/zedadufopododames.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phucuongplus.com/upload/files/pekozejejurosudok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilegt.mn/userfiles/files/xilagigolaborik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/foxuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralastatetailorsassociation.com/userfiles/file/gosoriwerujowel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laatjehuisweerstralen.nl/upload/file/92516396965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-energo.ru/content/file/10831531357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=music+app+for+android+phonePDF 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_off0000e0f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f902.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF902 16596 bytes
SHA-256: b167dc3b2d1937ae57e262e2478fc60c31fd42c6678935239df5ef7aa6c3eee8
font_02_sfnt_off000123dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123DD 10668 bytes
SHA-256: e9d88dc6975970291f9e5223420c0c564a46a67c9c6209620ae0b85eac83afbe

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