Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e98bb8c8ee46f1f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:22:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9b6be5dc7cd4e426dd1ff24cab4c8cb0 SHA-1: 6be68a4c7777281c664ebef9415eeded2bc301b5 SHA-256: e98bb8c8ee46f1f808970b724906cc429b7b88094a1e50727b782adba0702729
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9221ed59b9---bizof.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bef03999a110f39893a9faafee6b8fa6/fozelabetaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/39001942422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicosiacaffe.it/file/51024747576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gramercygrand.ru/files/file/kezud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltingacadamy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/72824839866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b605758b168---4912741343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bba8e51092a1e76f4c2bdd91291dbb31/fotukezumomixitijatexonuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc1c43e9539e2b7682061619d160aa43/susupilarubufaboworo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mantyobras.com/userfiles/file/80905345590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/kuxibisutunudagilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevinctekstil.com/resimler/files/98444668996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/22907269779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obras.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/12390807473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ab2ed9a50---mitaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcmheavyequipment.com/admin/images/file/44933330696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d3d76e365---xizunanijofoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c47b992cfa3---82998197884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f0ac4d7f8dff03627008522ccbc7a4f/fofilizimexigakorixixopum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtcongnghiepxanh.com/upload/fckimagesfile/fowoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7eddc8468f---famukezubobujavumume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/pirakanakikufijilovila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drlanda.hu/user/file/69916625767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907d08a0e37---82041087338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctnphrae.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kobajazudovedevopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=the+hobbit+ar+test+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000e27e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE27E 19088 bytes
SHA-256: bc5f765098dd805326e5699b3226b21170425ac96d74bd7d117602647e6f31ba
font_01_sfnt_off000113f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113F7 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 214f33e3412682b27ee62018f9dd92a6aaa3565cd042b543703c96a4817a753d
font_02_sfnt_off00012c6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C6C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1