Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98eafdd13900e4f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-13 03:10:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3db32ba7069258630eb15fa2fb0644d4 SHA-1: 00c3a0e4530ca0e6978126acd2754f4f8cd24f8b SHA-256: 98eafdd13900e4f5df30e9aec3d98e999c706738d482710df23c5455b1c53534
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a high number of external URIs, many of which point to potentially malicious or unknown PDF files, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a visual download button further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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
  • 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://weboonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xovolipevomorunipagiwusuf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://headrepublic.pl/images/files/50223618001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonnhaxuongbinhduong.com/upload/files/62953169238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clickbox.ro/images/file/wimomefetinufefuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/firizupobapegek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realxenon.ru/uploads/files/panikizitut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turbotechnik24.de/userfiles/file/23543806333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phukienbep.net/media/files/20014344157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teamwork-poetschke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54159790105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worshipedia.mobi/sites/default/files/file/rezamuwateforumesewowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.comperat-89.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53675468296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aamwn.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/zupagoluxofoxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topmebli.com/content/xuploadimages/file/sutejebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhkimo4ghesk912jevsofbm01n/jigox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fizaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/fabiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takitech.hu/userfiles/file/26754562324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/zetoxewonupizadanuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khanoomhoteli.com/basefile/khanoomhotelicom/files/vojoximab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vikingpaint.com/user_file/file/8014175797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msiutilities.net/documents/povanovukik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fd.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98532603679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhegazgroup.com/userfiles/file/zorasezizoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=conjuring+devil+made+me+do+it+movie+downloadPDF 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_off0000d8e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0F9 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 745aa271797700c2cfecbb5294cce624336d5f1c1a6d7266fe370a6ceb800dad
font_02_sfnt_off000109c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109C5 17236 bytes
SHA-256: 4e464002438d252db9b7d63f40cf56fabe8fa00021e81cc2c5dc32e2ebc3dd11