Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98c05d35b570a413…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-25 16:23:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e3b9f3a1cbf50f60483631b209455c43 SHA-1: ff426ce5960501e67bc90052875f65644711db50 SHA-256: 98c05d35b570a413ea5109389238ba07bd5370df01b297a18b05726837362c3e
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gender+roles+during+the+elizabethan+era PDF link annotation
    • http://neboskreb-irk.ru/uploads/userfiles/files/76805809170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugerwafers.com/demo/ruger/beta/userfiles/files/33617226501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yankey.com.tw/demo/public/editor/ckfinder/upload/user_upload/files/73486431671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plkorea77.com/ckupload/files/jeketilomixowetapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coluer.ir/documents/file/23920253644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tristar-technology.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8505749260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tm0osfgs3gq6q73b5h4b62nggh/ripekanetovufefuvopafatag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161495defe667f---84633740203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dehaventransportation.com/home/de/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6184680569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kythuatviet.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/ruguseru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.39koratmachinery.com/file_upload/files/mepup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetis156.neutronds.com/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zenixebolamidenam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newtarrytowndeli.com/uploads/files/55274675840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deco-interieure.com/userfiles/file/81990746342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ef3c58abb80e602603112f4d517739a/80382586995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atreve.eu/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/nenonifux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lingeriedediva.com/UploadFile/file/2021091522173973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://185.33.116.145/~acus01/upload/files/87774952119.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://imaginove.eu/data/Files/87846728014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzebrno.cz/userfiles/file/96017590699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hightopeducation.com/cms_uploaded/file/giruvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ljk5dvirijkm7re066var30eln/fabopevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parfumerieindex.nl/images/uploads/81672802356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://car-zone.sk/data/data/file/83935771401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tefen67.com/userfiles/files/44222456066.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_off0000c085.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC085 19132 bytes
SHA-256: 8f7e3d2c61e245b4b793561a59ce7919f1874ff10fa935f8dc9e47b4767330c8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f24d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF24D 10868 bytes
SHA-256: e46f9b02b6dcfed94a9492a1b5e532d24dfd97742853d248e8e28a9c339066cc
font_02_sfnt_off00010b2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1