Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 898c8df6ca773f5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-19 21:21:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 723792608a0b0d82fcd7e7b1f6c4a129 SHA-1: 36fa775d2838b0b96942eeb49d22113af3de24ab SHA-256: 898c8df6ca773f5cc5f609e60990e08fec6849a244a55aa7c870bfb64dc279ac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://kotolantopeni.cz/file/10628491624.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://retco.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nagolexiwoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfadent-volg.ru/images_uploads/files/61258594759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleversystems.ru/userfiles/file/lubuwaxuludapigujoxajefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138465431099---68714628864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kehlux.lu/userfiles/files/14359738923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yenidenyuzlendirme.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fojobumevugefebupofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eksiliotomotiv.com/upload/ckfinder/files/85087203311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitrine-prof.com/files/jutepijipudefovadatimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phucatgarment.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/neduga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czernavendeghaz.hu/admin1/file/xewexado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rgcsmt.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70191255066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f8ffa15f24---97343820177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pierrevillers.fr/mairie_files/file/rabipokilepinevifuvunefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teeintact.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/file/dikagorimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.offshoreyachts.net/web_upload/editor/files/56809163624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progetec.org/userfiles/files/38930217610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatifitspossible.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruxefanozepudunere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133259032dc1---jipowoxibajikixenelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieterheich.de/images/uploads/file/36690772399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chptravel.ir/data/file/58032067003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f85ce40029---mabinopesegoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menokatea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ladulobagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=download+videoshow+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000db57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB57 18808 bytes
SHA-256: 9656fb478f001ce361c72ff606b17ac2e6236fc0ead47e28ee4c98aaa01e44ec
font_01_sfnt_off00010c14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001242b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1242B 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 960f5273d3404c8571f0d855087d5be67f4ad505d4bb39eea3a084876bdd524c