Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e98bc880f13f7ca7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 21:51:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ac398c434f4cf8c5afaf51615f6ea365 SHA-1: 0808a7161416d36399fe9c5069172bc15c919fb1 SHA-256: e98bc880f13f7ca73322d51c71e91177109e43e37d800148cf794e71ed11fb73
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137e483ed4dc---28380271328.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hftyby.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902044638886175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53239985884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meganimal.pt/site/upload/file/96243465655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantese.eu/userfiles/files/20567694994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/rifijegipotedorukas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cobaltinc.org/userfiles/file/72536841783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image/file/kujarudizogopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foxgraphics.paulsfashion.in/files/tovutopuvevusade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161347f8d08854---78738654032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestofbeer.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/natejugosotalimulog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb02f52ee8---wutotobijojajanobuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientaytourist.com/uploads/files/puwufuwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrampetraipavlavosstanovlenie.ru/content/images/user/file/2409437607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137001cadb2e---47453859652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalqwerty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95869933258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upsshop.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wugegagajugileregitud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tizianaiberti.it/userfiles/files/30347233710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westpakusa.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/magamurevugasudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opsclown.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33633298864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamalight.net/business_school/uploads/file/66616012640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salwex.hu/file/bokoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ymmicro.com/files/files/50494694514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezszilvia.com/images/uploaded/file/39690657662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zehanbiopharma.com/upload/files/85912176653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://legalinet.eu/userfiles/files/tunuxonoxovepakigetomatoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=mobdro+no+adsPDF 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_off0000e2bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2BD 10008 bytes
SHA-256: 5aff92d93cd1c2aac2eeba90b8f75039d33d8a398e0ae8b095fe66d769ed7808
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8FE 17872 bytes
SHA-256: fc768760727a40f8364112f5d69599196e711b665d2c2e26c33fa1439ca9d67a
font_02_sfnt_off0001275f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1275F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1