Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a98f386b254a2e73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.9 KB Created: 2021-07-20 02:49:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: d7f053d773fc5df0aadc41a580f44154 SHA-1: e834f57aba9adeb6a11b182d175858145439ad19 SHA-256: a98f386b254a2e730b2b8571753b981b84a706e23708e63498b20ca1ac8a2f72
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous disposable hosting sites, many of which are compromised WordPress uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing campaign aiming to deliver further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/nojukelaguzutubeb.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://winkeleninzundert.nl/uploadimages/files/90872100095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/kifasazero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airmon.hu/images/files/vawopumexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/67028375203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beulahcooleycollection.com/clients/870349/File/doxomizisajadedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenplanetnepal.com/userfiles/file/pabifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medosojewellery.com/userfiles/files/27568681417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sd0fuq8eiqm3nrutm1pp47t2tv/xidonekutosozabiluzibizil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeb36beb1131879a92c6234f172375cd/31699537431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapcdn.space/web/img/podborky/files/vagidetotofikikiniwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874072cca07---resagez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portugaliaimagyarok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pelejixakudiganorifijuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0da0db44f0d071302299552fd1dfe4b/kudolupunegafewixokave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812c0a8492a---33720259189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dostavkaturov.ru/files/file/refulivigilareru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosquash.by/data/romabutilud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bbd686b8c9---sidawajepukumuzegoluxedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c164faef47e---romonux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021052506224436542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160903aface229---21810145121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20103133316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4c365ad1b---9881045724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/27623485550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zlato-eu.cz/upload/files/mogovok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+ask+for+read+receipt+in+outlookPDF 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_off00012d7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D7C 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 4cceee56d5823106812c34b40125f83e2309a998ac7831bc04658047445231ad
font_01_sfnt_off000146d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015ee7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EE7 17976 bytes
SHA-256: 311dc4e08c91e8d3f61fa68bd27f86d2d7fc42cb4126f8e14ec6f2cf27ad9087