Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98ac692c418cec95…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:47:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: b72967e7c4c1abab116f8f0e2f651cf4 SHA-1: 65ff813392778de177450dd3026297909457696d SHA-256: 98ac692c418cec95eacd5fd341ee00c590d537d112e1aa5cf49be1b71cf3464c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including random and compromised CMS upload links, and a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest maliciousness. The presence of external URIs and link farms points towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=payment+of+wages+act+1936+notes+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://doina.md/fckeditorfiles/file/zivupuxexivisalejelebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cefdd8df9a016baa10bc4511fb233062/godatedasaloxezetute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://4cmedica.com/ficheiros_upload/file/nuneligulera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namkhoasaigon.vn/web/images/files/regux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwishop.hu/file/ruwijegukefipafedunanimes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautydent.hu/editor_up/80960201974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawrence-spruill.com/clients/42275/File/61972120241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/jepalugudinezafufapofak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruiguoex.com/upfile/files/2021/06/08/xumasuleguviti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608316eb9c07b---89215456902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaldeliverancecathedralchurch.com/clients/2/22/22dae496a1749ae881e6bee195142b05/File/90253116069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac492a7616f---31456802600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labotinnghia.com/img/files/lunurekexanuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilkyoukais.com/Images/Media/files/93684178539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apotekatia.ba/fajlovi/40461826948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/fipumimogotigaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalnetworks.de/www.galabau-poscher.de/main/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sunuriresusepojazinitog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/74021986610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-fryazino.ru/upload_picture/file/47101419877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/58315016582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3d2ffe30fd37092564f2ad26a15d0fc/81041754969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/jonipewegilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fbchitchcock.org/clients/8/8b/8bdff38a390027835eb24981312b950c/File/noxugemotazelewex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/099c0e4e790ca22782dce7cca3a2147b/56494258136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/serudijule.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_off0000d6aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6AA 11484 bytes
SHA-256: 3d03f7bdd1d52fc5d8367219f8aad44d9e4e406f4530bda0468d47760435f9be
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C0 17840 bytes
SHA-256: 9b143ab28cf2adb132fbf64cb2050d2a6637ebfbaad9192061b92ecc242c1c02
font_02_sfnt_off00011f7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1