Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a98eab05ac438080…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-09-16 04:52:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 623e6a3578028bad2215bcfd376bff98 SHA-1: d8f1c0ec30e36857537be746c9fc9fe1ccd3a971 SHA-256: a98eab05ac438080a17f5457ebfc3d0fdca88f913ec9ae863bdcf76f8bf763d2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is structured as a link farm, likely to deceive search engines or users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 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://bda.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jomavojukirenofukal.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://costruzionibulagna.it/userfiles/files/xexawapasikemif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/tafigazagufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solturism.ro/images/file/vulelamojiweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gri7a10fbfih3dq34laucelrtq/7444167789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagrupacio.cat/file/60663853152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161377f4e4bf45---neven.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sudeshnamaulik.com/fckimages/file/memulukukesirusajade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexsafetyproducts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nopobujulexuzig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-barrierfree.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_2C0D7AEBCCE817EB.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2319804014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lmcmanager.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8972345620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/vezenefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.l-games.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mefebedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cattaneoarchitetti.it/userfiles/files/vuzisoborewelizalela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62440706131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc28f30b75929eae2591c26ed0489be2/57308597354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmoretv.com/userfiles/98265416223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dulsuc.cl/userfiles/file/98391656460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacola.com/upload/files/vefinefanifeduwifuxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baovecongtruong.com/upload/files/61562733653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85409478048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krygina40.ru/UserFiles/File/vadifitarakob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=this+is+us+season+5+episode+1+putlockerPDF 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_off0000f394.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF394 19316 bytes
SHA-256: 894e3bd8c692fdd78a91a7f2582b9ac9eded595808c6f69e86737f5e2c035f45
font_01_sfnt_off00012665.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12665 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 24e679233b153a51517fc953612f1cd97145e1752b2224bc35cd37743ad7eb4d
font_02_sfnt_off00013fd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1