Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e98b4931ba309c75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-08-08 04:04:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b761436735e3495f91d5f1303483ac7a SHA-1: fa47b71304cd7027e659e86f9dbccc080debae38 SHA-256: e98b4931ba309c75a51778a7dc8eb4c2c07b005891d8f087b416c1af002c647c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b5bc7e799---ruluba.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://keluargamimpi.com/contents//files/69369045210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.net/userfiles/files/16397236773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3d339fb44---fesamis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070df00d5815---vuteresakabiboro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ripevezet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-inmobiliaria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sapedeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/vexatidil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ad65d5e70---vamijabuximegefonaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-st.ru/userfiles/file/36324001477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50d82d2b9898c33e4d3f6474828decec/mabazegawuwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102c21f15408---67624863402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b223d919f03---furozuvusode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098d66ed92f4---rozugukubita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c3bfb6b961c7b8ddbcf8628e53e539a/19223949431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isemya.by/modules/ariol/static/ariol/ckfinder/files/24489380302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/9836609116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/gevaranaxowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/dipedame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7604ee4ca5b64b11ed3bf7fc4a6c55e/37038025358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acd0c06a6c46151f41ce5de579711858/55532533397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fa405c30dce381ea1a4796b3f36de5b/2151019042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b9ab882c6---48042325447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhodeislandalpha.com/clients/56223/File/fowugubuvovipakimiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d84e5ac3e65158ad9584c578034f8b28/jovumivil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=diary+of+a+wimpy+kid+movie+free+downloadPDF 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_off000112a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012ab7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AB7 10752 bytes
SHA-256: b42ae28428a3702a60d259abf6e2af367686748a09ed94000d66c5d55e3b2ecf
font_02_sfnt_off0001436f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1436F 17076 bytes
SHA-256: 419b2f87e63e7a97f6910e1e1b8b074259387036c7cc11915eea2570105d9aec