Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f98e56896821fc37…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 08:45:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8b3ecf05f65e10c36df3bb3bef4dbff3 SHA-1: 10bd916b624dd4dcc5222cc5a3a62422a5426be0 SHA-256: f98e56896821fc379c62bf92600978695634c333dd129872589c9e54948e0189
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to obscure the final destination and potentially distribute further payloads. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, supporting the assessment of its malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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 https://securitydm.rs/slicice/file/gamiporaxaduwigo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://voijin.com/userfiles/files/fakub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhktn.at/images/content/files/tomusakogej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747fdf7d87d---78229072372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/23690749228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/85863892509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idukkidiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69523721573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b38f19d1967af81c738e5bde36fd2d30/26033212029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d163c73882---78490422984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d410917a93c---laferonifugaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhlongan.com/upload/files/74371036017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/98206954292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611b5f8fbbd55---41208476369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genericdiabeticteststrips.com/userfiles/files/95515734872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/lemojatawewexag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be85078a87d---35466243955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e74f6320894---duloxixawogapuvewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.it/upload/puviworudam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kochitaxirental.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8148801987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210826161911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c37e169504---mutemetoxalafunute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613137b257f69---gesebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njuhome.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobogimafedesuzagerefar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pajv9qu4lsar6vgd48603mattb/45671451543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=estimation+costing+and+valuation+textbook+pdfPDF 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_off0000e2b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000facb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFACB 11348 bytes
SHA-256: 6d815f5810cfbc54562ead0b25f9f75032584a97ee1a60f2b9c23b18c876e8d9
font_02_sfnt_off0001151f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1151F 18028 bytes
SHA-256: 1cc69726ddcf6bb2ed45ae8a1f9e7c4fc42566667d1b69717b7920c06e19cff4