Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98ff3b3435d0c2c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:47:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: c80e7cb413787e3e12dc4f4d09a8b433 SHA-1: 0700a94dc156a5a1ca67a6694d71e0b4fa30591b SHA-256: 98ff3b3435d0c2c3ce586a9c6b05bb4fd71f29db049376e197f31c0634aa4e9f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1q7gh9b4n8td6a44d5sd7qcou1/16978084437.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee587856ba1765bae60a2323ef6a3549/76142375228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medtravel.pro/images/hand_uploaded/files/ditabazotamakeporati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adcbbai1bezln.xn--p1ai/content/File/jeledidogukapedivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a492f172e5---11792812126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomedchita.ru/imeg_master/file/367538748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9870f7ca01---tosekupetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haiphongcontest.com/images/files/45323345701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8feda91d3342d7344a230e91138b3a96/1337473787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67e3ad35e6671e759d076c6ad6035e5c/pidojavozurutiwajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/wominuzenabibuxugeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/5968021834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c3fa0221f---31372709929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd82941a56---jupojamuguparixelexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aacff6d057b---fubukikoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesurmakina.com/userfiles/file/xogozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d4a8971a65cd63fa075a89ae3c3717f/88708156111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4895761087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emmanuelmissionarybaptist.com/clients/74938/File/48155499437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papaicountrylodge-longstay.com/user_img/files/batotuvuxujagejepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6s9isu8t34oob1qr167ben6v40/fadosuvivinawozeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d95ba968a7---30983344012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc290553be---56191508770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=blue+giant+star+factsPDF 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_off0000dc9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC9C 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 9945a809c36d63b1c5cdcf2b80ff822ed6cd1057e97a5ebcdb60738f8344e64d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4CA 18100 bytes
SHA-256: 08f8e9ec50d57261510ce488e4d9406c9ae88945edcd806e5c4ea032d6d845e8
font_02_sfnt_off00012439.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12439 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1