Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8198098ac8ee4915…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-25 21:05:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0043d964678b5b4ab37919c5f3bc53e1 SHA-1: 5f37eb2585cc41bcb629b6d623d60a66a78b9d45 SHA-256: 8198098ac8ee49158224e0655b5d54d8331c5c16a49f85d09c796dd26c868085
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lord+of+the+rings+ring+monster PDF link annotation
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/41780297811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotstamping.pl/files/file/52594330098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geluidsadviesnederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77871990244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fitokibejejimef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3652d8d8b404cc44c01f830b7ef21ae/24062729922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/58282716437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elencostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/makeganuwumolig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohana1bbq.com/uploads/files/sebasemebajube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rnb4au0qlgfjuqac225nivgge6/20343365431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peperita.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/gibinufevorilemilatok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ck-kutnahora.cz/gais/image/file/pokojikubuposenogufikesom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dreiseengrundschule.de/files/249203167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomanzella.com/userfiles/files/65411491665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161438ef081912---vepinivadora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://platypusspot.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47554332207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/labegupewasekerafinojiwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chrmglobal.com/userfiles/file/71160469050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderieverdina.it/scuderia/userfiles/file/fujiritapifipagafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614675709a2db---dodepomonegagubaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smolninskayahotel.com/userfiles/file/xanewaxifolowigijeriziruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://client-sms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93623561518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomodorolennep.de/gfx/userfiles/files/dadibegonedezijana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4ee7d851ca1dadec20e287319d26b5c/93307099368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/nafaxamejekakufufamagoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wgadget.com/file_media/file_image/file/lijavaxuluzulusesaxixogu.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_off0000b51f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB51F 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 26c7c4864b9b8869c9dde20f472e5f59296be7f74a4ef4d4948c41024ad19604
font_01_sfnt_off0000ccb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCB6 16740 bytes
SHA-256: 864f2478e58c29b90d7c91ced1c981f10dced0c4ba5de0a2c8d4c84314599ab6
font_02_sfnt_off0000f748.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF748 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1