Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f98a9b98ef69022…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-09-22 14:54:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 5088e0f67a96b3781144e98e69961c74 SHA-1: 5eceec9dd9802921ec87d0f0daef896a53af4808 SHA-256: 0f98a9b98ef6902245b3ae2d7a512ab5a3ffb864c97d5ea459868539a1bf5102
164 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 multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification, likely involving phishing or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://autofox.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54414880750.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aymexco.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99894111245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interroadholland.nl/userfiles/file/40882949483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gico.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kemoketobifik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huichem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61123051263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mediasingrid.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/gufenoworug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ministerium.pt/files/bosekanudiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebonit.light.bg/includes/libs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dusegopodipiliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aecb6280bf---zimirewenopigagogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emke.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faminunomamazalufibenagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://augsburger-dartliga.de/uploads/file/54929750905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f6575b4858---55948380294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pisangmanis.com/contents/files/84040434540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalafiber.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wimigakugeteronu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuoncotichdep.com/upload/files/rabelibagewazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hutnia.pl/userfiles/file/pexomokagowuraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/14520457440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/dolutopesezape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siblom.ru/files/upload/file/dosasedegofikalusux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/fugumolimigajofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cicadit.ro/UserFiles/file/xelewogaroxiguderesiwosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autovoda.ru/upload/files/99474321816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613739ee8a62c---79842785325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mos-craciun-inchiriere.ro/fckfiles/file/bivupilaruvateguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weddingdove.tw/uploads/files/202109120550497171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalimati.in/userfiles/file/kosuwofazeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fbrasil.com/userfiles/file///zitawevinavux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=qualitative+research+design+creswell+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_off0000f3e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3E4 18760 bytes
SHA-256: 9e3b0678d9bb121a8510bb2cf56632bd28d2cabd01edf2c1c7b26f457fe68b61
font_01_sfnt_off000124d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124D4 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 19a3e453eecf49cceedeaeb6970f9956f4d2fca9c6c2dfb8d3012963580e0d3d
font_02_sfnt_off00013e99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E99 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1