Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98c7a588f02f7493…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-11 02:07:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 8a34fc43eeec49a7ebc7a6fe88169f31 SHA-1: 8d9904da3e2b5e61bf281f0ba2c42bc1aeee3610 SHA-256: 98c7a588f02f749336873c77cca8f9c8741ecd19d6459b0ea1121ac8da292ba3
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs pointing to compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content or download further payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gladiator+rising+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a5cac9fd29---gupetuzekadusugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanraimundo.cl/dyn/uploads/file/disudadalikumudogitik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungwoo-n.com/userfiles/file/xomasopumejefit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613825ff78f07---37109491974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/wuxifodomaboba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/94591782666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eaupureinternational.com/userfiles/file/44658659850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aluvioneschicamocha.sinecsas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaraligaxerodadoberaladeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbnjl.com/userfiles/files/savafaredas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubelsendero.com/img_pag/file/19685382494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/wifipekimag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventmetal.ru/userfiles/files/80300178183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/on7dnvhmkiuu1gsi8g1npgg6ce/vovagujibavebonevev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobiliareborghi.com/userfiles/files/filegurevelogigulugod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130f2468c1bf---vuvaridosevukokodufilub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hro.ait.ac.th/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94168181488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136da668deae---44117248288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ofcourselc.com/admin/uploadsfile/2128854284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamisonfurnace.ca/userfiles/files/pesatafibolosubax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/pozozefolej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wtmasonry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bijaxakemojafezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/domotibaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverdiamond.com/file/fopulejodeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hagelkonzept.com/userfiles/file/25812149162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frutapacargentina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nefotozufinexo.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_off0000d827.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD827 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 6029267f48dcf80323a01b7a581e6e2aa1fbe311743d46e0fad0a79eea1a1f0f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f08a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF08A 18116 bytes
SHA-256: e6b1a14d19d915437c9c2e215288e97b2806570829240bf808c3868c61898d59
font_02_sfnt_off00011f36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F36 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1