Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b98794c6a7391ef8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-08-01 14:18:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 2e1f8666280582496d18ba5fb41ec3b2 SHA-1: 0042cd4facc22c6e24d8b97d94bb12396382931f SHA-256: b98794c6a7391ef8c59dd274b2c3e9739a9e793e3ac201eae67bd911aaac9af3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The primary function appears to be redirecting users to potentially malicious or phishing content hosted on these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+characteristics+of+a+news+report PDF link annotation
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/590ec0f6da64b673e22a951f933c3c20/xilasamavozoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886ed167cb8---rojidafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-techfiber.com/userfiles/file/masikumenudulenalumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solartgaleria.hu/images/file/pekokuxupilosesekajazajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s9sn1kk6ilm5aamicq0mg62c33/dotezopikizutum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intrinhgia.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/47008867536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/gogenabor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wumag.pl/userfiles/file/76047236913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brainerdhs71.com/clients/0/08/084bd9d902c6a1e3ee48703551c87841/File/26843007894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eternalbliss.net/file/sopawagazod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/90954895655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-5/20210505202509111697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hlkn0s19luphqcprj9v9qipea9/99891726538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/51255945154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f4dd1825a---86174051885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/faxixadimomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u0jr8d304mtb9bb521mos3329f/zorukalodeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vdlt7fk22sg5dpvgkp58uo6fqt/7034624580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2030b357a0---bogalomodaxetida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bean2beenefamilytree.com/clients/60578/File/50345462540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jic7c5cc7pg5pbk15fg2mrinbl/76014073275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608329a212a14---ninoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfe8b2656a2925645f8844e0a8552464/lelomaratawus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bompentax.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/lesusuvuseja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000103c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103C2 16136 bytes
SHA-256: 5ea840b40e51c086249ca931aee26b7f22009047558a8b4d52af4448d7557f5c
font_01_sfnt_off00012d97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D97 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 844105d06905e3c53efe0571bd3e61237c0edfb8562b9f280bf8179af9a82cb4
font_02_sfnt_off000145e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1