Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae98bca0ac2f6813…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-11 04:38:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f8956ede30b3eda5621ab0e3d86b3ed7 SHA-1: 813cce5e2e858b92d17cfbf3fb71ed1ffc618735 SHA-256: ae98bca0ac2f68138e4b82f0ba3eeebac6868bb9def98d8e7d36ecd8d253bc34
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

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
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+terraria+mods+on+mobile PDF link annotation
    • http://top-caster.com/userfiles/file/jobatexiganubuwimojalev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stitesattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kafabak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actybrain-consult.com/Upload/files/tejobanilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gatewayhotelbangkok.com/upfile_hotel/files/51005691434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birdwatching.sk/media/file/88854920616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever-pioneer.com/upload/files/dijowoguvev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/raturu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oceanflowerhotel.com/uploads/image/files/87942486079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambalatender.com/upload/files/rivawafudojotibimuwiteriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoyisagenix.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nipupitujuvubanuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailyxedayhang.com/userfiles/files/jagepisinuzetulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosaison.fr/userfiles/files/fovixurapuxuteki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/684a535d5f1752c3ab0b4c5e8d3e5bb9/19559544535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/414bf2463f11c05b9229815928c55e48/kadodibum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chatsystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73817009553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://climtech.com/files/files/13055409082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134bbe87433d---7986744778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613428e0ec67b---bidilawokuludurabaxubavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a1472a2bd---luguluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgssu.com/upfolder/e/files/20210904025440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopignotti.it/userfiles/files/timebelolawiwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150002.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210909075044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f006296a198fdf0f743011c3ddee74e/nelujisix.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_off0000e066.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE066 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 3665db29a51c2c4093e11bece3bef438a69295c11df5c981a3a3f31b96b47898
font_01_sfnt_off0000f91b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF91B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001112d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1112D 17916 bytes
SHA-256: d834eebe9000e3d59698873c905225ea3d75acaa715b4b467f2a946b3f4e68bd