Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98146e7e682ad91f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 07:29:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 147987724b8905c62e06c778191dac08 SHA-1: 79c76569a82c0288b970e6d35b78f6066a7f268e SHA-256: 98146e7e682ad91f5362589bc8e110737eaf7aaebb2a74f5fd39384a55e5a051
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports a deceptive user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://sartor.ru/upload/files/69280330823.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/53182126427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143efbd58f5f---98832330709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalmediaminds.com/uploads/files/66823713166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruta.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vojunamusufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinzimoniofiumicino.eu/userfiles/files/96576588977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilspa.ro/userfiles/file///pupugegoluto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2194f1eb005762acbf91eb8788de1b7/xipaxotijufuzibeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sowiik.pl/userfiles/file/jolaroxajesirebiduwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giustizianuova.it/userfiles/file/mupaxebulufemuzogebumija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelsenator.com/userimages/68860051576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hz-kontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vosobisukitotiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocatoandreabruschi.it/userfiles/files/mobejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szcftz.com/upload/72654465740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vpsystem.com/files/fck/rutodowugidarow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/36024431534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khonggiansachhanoi.vn/uploads/files/34870234424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pomtco.com/technical/files/file/42403291155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/737b2318cc2d2596026c3fcc8185b739/11822855672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sreekanakananda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fazejesevejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardfmcgintypa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/48455924685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms02bet.com/contents/files/walamotevugurox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thibangoto.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/90433457174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivaibonomo.it/userfiles/files/34007808879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seibyou-koujien.com/files/files/juwimumilozidajis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siciny.eu/userfiles/file/nibanosekuwosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=hidden+figures+movie+downloadPDF 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_off0000e7e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7E8 18000 bytes
SHA-256: cf817728486d48f5fff3da26a73322bcfd2f4f810c8b7fcbb235f5a9b51601dc
font_01_sfnt_off0001172d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1172D 10844 bytes
SHA-256: bbc67ef0225f93564b71f95b7d3cc7a642679c2b79c4b91fe760b05b9cb9e73b
font_02_sfnt_off00012ff7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FF7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1