Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b98211aa7935cfd8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-07-13 02:50:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9f141267670376253ec52d52c4e60068 SHA-1: e6974546d5ba63e5d826f57f9d6392309703e30d SHA-256: b98211aa7935cfd8461f1071c3f0360158783bc94aade827b562b9d0901408c9
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the numerous URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/enefileni.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kingsfinancialconsulting.com/userfiles/file/64915104085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/52206102616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da4c3ac0213e78c651ef1ed30a41ad36/85249300391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bong-dem-long.org/upload/editor/files/gijajilijufazimekalixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/pagadekesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ot9r1erp3ku366436225uab81/sejijim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/310431022887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/baraxujosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945fc2952ab---58593315688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3prlls1gjun7hcjci4552pjga3/12506791797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820b1d27db8---37514224122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ab9811b2ea103f8fcbfd976f17a4126/85211608208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/25273823193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/sulubusenuvotena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c249809e0f5cf2f7fc72e67e9be0c347/33373067840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078fd9764eba---83338613177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/22955830406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/25033648274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bde3e3accf8---25026065628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifemartrealestateconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqphrptqjo5skjhiv4g5pmveo5/xamatefubugoxike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/xitugibupalug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb11c4efd92---99965941190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2386305fa46b36288ad43e92374801ef/73648536768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=annulment+meaning+in+marriagePDF 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_off0000e50d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE50D 17064 bytes
SHA-256: 400c4a57f0e53a4f3ab2731b749e4e0a453fec06de7b865df8c237fe36926cef
font_01_sfnt_off000111a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111A1 10244 bytes
SHA-256: 67ed8f990fb0aac264363080087f3601541884dfde0c8743ca49f55f4ceab71d
font_02_sfnt_off00012895.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12895 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1