Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98130e13ce03354a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 02:08:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: f486762e8660e2e3df90de11f97b2454 SHA-1: a2f11c5a27419866378d325580b393041c51f0b6 SHA-256: 98130e13ce03354ac209e5dd93efa78470e47734ed307452c0900ca7039d5dfb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or exploitation process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+transfer+all+my+files+to+sd+card PDF link annotation
    • https://zlato-stribro-investice.com/upload/files/84575074377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://playbabydoll.com/userfiles/file/61929642507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truongthanhco.vn/webroot/img/files/wexuxurifusolijevali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e2a071f198---kexiwadetonini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambridgekapurthala.com/damana/userfiles/file/mupidexopigajevejeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135da19b3834---30362254055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbdecontra.com/userfiles/files/52667045827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39826253297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/3570239700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vlaamspatientenplatform.be/_plugin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22420080375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bordadoindustrial.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mowuxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/062ce442933eb7656ea79af3bcb43aaa/21729687128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140fb3824537---tetezaratunopurekonaguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instalace-charvat.cz/userfiles/file/75872775750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/38291331004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manvilastrust-org.bvirani.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88153887403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/91559597220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindicav.com.br/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75798571122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.loisirs-auto-occasion.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vexoniwiruvuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://print-resource.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99504010158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongsaigon.net/uploads/files/zewenorubutunov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhongjiukeji.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-14/20210914110911641752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac83f998dda5bbdfd741e772e734692e/mubomaxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speeddating.lt/speeddating/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98558633886.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_off0000d47f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD47F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC96 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 8a69b92f880178007bed12c1ab1d0d011317c3a357772b4da241b76ae3013c2a
font_02_sfnt_off00010596.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10596 18964 bytes
SHA-256: 72ccf155d830694140e18d12e30547479972efd61a223d214dcaf0f06261b9ce