Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 098fd52be94ec2d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-10-05 06:58:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: d4272eb01f3172139a29c61e579ca574 SHA-1: 6f00e9a322b62430d07c6bff5698e31a06be180c SHA-256: 098fd52be94ec2d71f9e5a202d5c62e6fedcbef29248e9bfa35ab2fa2692b0dd
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The PDF also contains numerous external URIs, with one specifically flagged as a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=polynomial+expression+example+with+answer PDF link annotation
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/virosavuginugipubemebub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a18c2fa3592a4f89a198c2e41b045d6d/xamita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68203257708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mecateengenharia.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zisukibobako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wxbeimei.cn/upload/ckimg/files/202109291056055137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluebossa.pl/files/file/kalekavovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/wojorimaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicwalkingturak.hu/_user/file/dulikuvipadesijowoxonif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/22186353830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mydreamtuscanwedding.com/editor_up/maguwinixijadijidufinale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/rodegamufafoxoxedoziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colegiumaniucarei.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10674006755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baust.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65461614271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phm.vn/upload/files/34608629251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etabetasurvey.com/userfiles/files/fekufofifudegil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sd-olimp.hr/files/dirilevaxovageso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3qbuy.com/CKEdit/upload/files/jupevaroduzek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1230499995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangs-ns.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210930163308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavfelugyelet.megujuloenergiapark.hu/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jalumemuberalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neurooperations.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3535608295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thenext.pk/userfiles/files/21192471407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okun.su/upload/file/48378734539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3497141770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b589.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB589 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 890fe75704d96a90d6b7e11e8ed1b445190710cec63dc095a0e3d5fe5d696fcc
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE5C 15128 bytes
SHA-256: 94a07334c40b19bfe572886ab157d3b2e3b692a8da75aa61dfd4db7a113611e6
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4BD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1