Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98722867a8b9cd0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 02:01:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: fb120934135d3047d9473a81380db691 SHA-1: 762aefcbb3590f102709173f29687786fad91c73 SHA-256: 98722867a8b9cd0fe1386c4ba0ea0ebc25ba5670d8dfa99904bf89e47f55cbd0
94 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs, with a high ML classifier score indicating malicious intent. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests a callback phishing or tech-support scam, where the document likely prompts the user to call a fraudulent number. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 http://www.aaar.cat/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69308816486.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/999ae4d13de0e3c5c2b908063159436a/21784307100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geombiagioschettino.eu/userfiles/files/86686970984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewaterdamagedfw.com/test/fckeditor/uploadfiles/file/23669516682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soosanfix.com/upload/fckeditor/file/pijetubatimakasuwodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pickup-ws.com/userfiles/files/dadopipezugoxulokofulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamaro.cz/images/fcke_files/file/fezupof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gok-maciejowice.pl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zugoxorapusixawejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatham-ebenezer.ckdomain.com/uploads/userfiles/files/67100313046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tlo.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vomuwikurew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiny-baby.com/fileimage/file/fomopakepipane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tccsrl.org/userfiles/files/59836888660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysilo.com/upload/ckfinder/files/66932699191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://successalpha.team/upload/files/27961327766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1afklwjc5g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pebaxiwoligozaweza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/vifikasedamik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/1442076918613300488f6c1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kehlux.lu/userfiles/files/nemebebagimanubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo-bahia-real-estate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55594363893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwancy.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/20039522910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnianemarzenie.pl/userfiles/file/fibavamajavaburadoguvan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kronikarp.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pedemukoleropovexerem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quick-thailand.com/images/uploads/file/dogesaloxop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frutalmente.pt/site/upload/file/xupobotajelufutap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elai.kz/upload/2021/09files/210908045045304565ebbhk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=a+quiet+place+2+nontonPDF 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_off0000d1d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1D5 16944 bytes
SHA-256: 22ac0e6f9bc178059531088e66224ed75216c807121da720c783bc72de2b59a9
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDC0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000115d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115D7 10444 bytes
SHA-256: ad4c3c6961c8a4a690ff46e4cc622ab76228fc253b93b3659e1d9c5cdc489fba