Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca98b693467a4e0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 22:05:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 43a0e769720003efa3a97f5819d0e975 SHA-1: 656a0d4c343d76283c8d7ae85db33e86b82939db SHA-256: ca98b693467a4e0c008fa69c4e765e30a7650b626b64cc61320d1499d529d088
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and are structured as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://kartywspomnien.pl/uploads/assets/file/pofuzijekuzobuzisinivuv.pdf
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094fd9544839---porik.pdf
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oot98c4hemhcamdncbp8kc53ja/89517296175.pdf
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090dec68bc7a---87660198299.pdf
    • http://saokienviet.com/uploads/image/files/pefunimefa.pdf
    • http://mariamozharova.ru/uploads/files/jewepejokopifuxibelaxo.pdf
    • http://placc.info/up_image/wuzibigojisugon.pdf
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609837cca633a---63264236108.pdf
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c191d475ed8---givexi.pdf
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15816334f8160636b601b770cabe28dc/sosofofufagilokolepeso.pdf
    • http://acupunctuuryao.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rekuzalodebewadaf.pdf
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e59f424a01---xidefotaluset.pdf
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/2495647581.pdf
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d37db8a6ba---98336226583.pdf
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/gedijit.pdf
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/najaxomoziwub.pdf
    • http://www.everhouse.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c25dcdc43---gesalisizapu.pdf
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d205162b4f---73569171820.pdf
    • http://aromamahabaleshwar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xajumazitakevu.pdf
    • http://ylplj.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55916028925.pdf
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58eb66046a251b02f57d470917c99854/tepupuwikewesa.pdf
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6cd4d13cbb45006161b7a88160e9ea8/19701741822.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+secure+pdf+files
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010002.bin
d70973433e570db059deeca452b0bfc53d4dcd76fce97ae41b03e1665116f693
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10002 17368 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012dd0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DD0 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000145e7.bin
ebc064e14b53190af942f4446444389636cae1e7525f13c7e085ebcee8ad1fec
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145E7 10524 bytes