Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98462b70d2db9805…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-22 23:56:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 503308a44c253c725e4b7530a7a342d1 SHA-1: 631d32502511a967f54b86b4034ab0036ce6c6d2 SHA-256: 98462b70d2db9805dc873e742becdaf3d6fd89b7a110ead3d8961fa9179e3ee5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://lotusmarinevn.com/upload/files/fasifatosololut.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://noble-program.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zizizakuwofenezoxuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valubil.com/public/uploads/cms_file/cms_files/jifowojupusarud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocphuocjsc.com/public/default/ckeditor/files/seborojutawelezeteruxusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjerkelunden.org/content/files/userfiles/file///20533664579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yushendesign.com/images_fck/file/1630531314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fasson.vip/images/editor/files/27687895434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videobezopasnost.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zikuxifazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gearonlaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kebepugiburigokevib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tapuionoticias.com/ckfinder/files/93643795186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24cars.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90964798242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pevak.info/UserFiles/File/80223777320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b4af883df3---temeboxegusavivopagupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uktohabbarijamalta.com/files/file/boxipixisebulajokale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4chan.ro/UserFiles/file/95610262899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161402c44c55b4---zuliwoxanitozug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmckno2010.zkosuchdol.info/files/letubivaparepem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gzhangqin.com/uploadfile/files/kewuvun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oj9khuc7t2bk48m1cgvcdf528f/45607752286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamaro.cz/images/fcke_files/file/mexugewaregovawupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldnaturalfood.com/image/upload/File/16097772432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-stroi76.ru/userfiles/file/37364673242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/lekexumixapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talenthunt.biz/userfiles/file/5941089847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/boxebikafezabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=convert+video+to+audio+androidPDF 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_off0000b30d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB30D 15124 bytes
SHA-256: 04aa7a05b62fc62ef7d8c4405894ac91877201e35a0341b1f44acfd850bd7caf
font_01_sfnt_off0000d960.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD960 10224 bytes
SHA-256: 8aba433e145e0b5d5c6f6192813a82ab04a8081121a33795621f3bb3ed1f4a0c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f07d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF07D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1