Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c98afdfaad2716a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:46:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 94dd9c79e729ad6062a19816761c1386 SHA-1: 4a9741260648bdd02b8de9fc766f49fb9be2b35f SHA-256: c98afdfaad2716a96087e88ab965e5804ba1a3121fabf938020e7d8e0fd6db18
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=saber+conversar+debra+fine+pdf+gratis PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qdr5tkekoum6umiir5q5e2vj97/70803881648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d9b00ee0b---mizixurere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sendedianqi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-23/20210723011324924986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/75675372593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51a524fbde8d14fa7ec4daab9ecb5225/femevupolada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpkoaee.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jisexagezelopimup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8954171cbaab2d589a386a7aad6fc65d/jofidumubatazubewuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gifarlcm.com/upfiles/editor/files/jogiforavejodesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ca186113d5333d932d7973c14e114f3/57876821266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/rizosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/90100001894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glina-master.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58503715065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horticulturenepal.org/userfiles/file/figudupezam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donovaly-ubytovanie-safran.sk/web/userfiles/file/23265582045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equipelec.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95489085386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qt5ghnna6nnuhcbkjfalen66o8/powamozexitodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59297217707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vickerycarpet.com/uploads/images//files/bokuvora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa288ab78f7---jizenijot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202108022012197513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwarbitrator.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wizamopadiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/tirudizodewawuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6gkf3kvcid0bp1lpub6aptattm/zaxojope.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_off0000ca40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA40 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 3a9f124cca04cab1314c8cc205586c88b04c8e833ccdbb95b05af0c550f52990
font_01_sfnt_off0000e39e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE39E 17376 bytes
SHA-256: 95608345eae32ce69e65896afcc213f3173d823ec3361a21a4fc49c62d84707b
font_02_sfnt_off00011055.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11055 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1