Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c98c5b2e126f77c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-07-17 03:55:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8d9cbec2386a72b26a67347a00ab5919 SHA-1: 9d3709ede0937d75ddd1bd3caf02edc39fe77e11 SHA-256: c98c5b2e126f77c86c89e22dcecc6491bf43bd7f96e55e6480828c1648a5b47e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9783

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 http://erdivigado.hu/userkepek/file/83570101480.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082147fdb6f6---72365148941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gok-maciejowice.pl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/repigiladonini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chubsorn.com/file/files/fakoxibasopekumonotaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608396acee2cf---92277080711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xingyeknitting.com/userfiles/files/delomudigozigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brightwayconsultancyservices.com/userfiles/file/vujoroxulodebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/83864270399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd76346122---toxoletudipumefunusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/89759074067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amd-export.com/site/upload/file/45451281025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1094c03b66---dopejofufafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b69a3c3573f64fa75d990a16371742b/30771000365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7nv9i5qdd3jjcidbqlm8ip54o9/pafonuzijegiruwalim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/80881243008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/ganodedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a90ce5df69a---96439269360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc4ac54e2c---24142474744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ac6f18209---katixatuwavumevoxota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/52752660046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5cl43hu4hucblrl7kdq9jja41/12361121647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6b7e66027---80383058208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doluhosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/69340242286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d68af284034d038e2f445558ddea0e8/sisonenixobumakamenib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70013a74b22c9d8a5d15ae5684cc5440/77640157057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/60797346772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=veterinary+physiology+notes+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d53a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD53A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED47 1860 bytes
SHA-256: 562d39cc93351683f3420870a5578826c1285db13c691c08f99be18f4980e560
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F9 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 6385b8a579d1eb473a7aca94af075df999a99c1359ef11430063e40fe5e8a492
font_03_sfnt_off00012320.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12320 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 77832b0f869a670d6b84aec3cc146c212a226144fad572f3e5499f2bd55a3d98