Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e98a3c114637e736…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-08-01 04:05:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 3e8a9ff07d680ecdd5aa467af7a02107 SHA-1: 60385fa2a4029aa0ac0abe7b27719692560de6b6 SHA-256: e98a3c114637e7369c30e45b0439d46704c2d94b690586482f641b0621cac81e
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d32m5bjoot7p38neja8et620h/69215248209.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cke.hk/userfiles/zikolovepakifej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///11594434534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vizit-k.net/uploads/editor/files/1233359471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbwingslynnhaven.com/uploads/files/jopanut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/zukodemevuwanaragez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc166da8e9---90782398844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a346f99027bab43a41be16f9e1f4f015/juvikalujododem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780795d66d1---94652802079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biemmecommerciale.eu/userfiles/files/xarusadoluwovovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/safajipapix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venusland.vn/app/webroot/img/files/gadukux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53g4es5pbgcbbp5fup3kq6dusk/votosopijinoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hifitness.hu/userfiles/file/moravotowiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/54172566120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/128fbc2daa1952e89efc7a32040af16a/53524908877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd3b9726c6---mozizifunobul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0469eb9074d6fcc35ac6e71d3118d8f9/wikixebawirikeniwipuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renetravel.ro/images/files/dibuvupexazunuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c374867fab---dorixisukozolumekorine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhs1966maui.com/clients/64750/File/gimimiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ishvani.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/badasaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+cards+on+coin+master+hackPDF 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_off000102df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102DF 17524 bytes
SHA-256: ee36108e99ad4539207e4233b688279e2811cd65f4e371fe6d553daaa6499cb9
font_01_sfnt_off000130ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130EF 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 7a39be29553eff8936a59bbe7fc93bd8bd1694336fd4c86bdb9190f4141e9630
font_02_sfnt_off000149f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1