Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 099a5391683a25db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-07-07 19:13:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: adb46187e4fda576eb842cce569dc332 SHA-1: e2c7c7df4235c4be4391f0aa91fb9e61b69f9a39 SHA-256: 099a5391683a25db1c17fbf92f084b33d8ebee9630a164d3272b8da8c8e96ba3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it's used to distribute phishing content or malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and extensive URL usage are consistent with spearphishing attachments designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=albion+flue+systems
    • http://vantaibactrungnam.vn/upload/files/nipedove.pdf
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf6d78a7e9e268e01738bbc795ef98a3/75149454823.pdf
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0796452c06e308c203817ee3f0d3032/vevozisegonamate.pdf
    • http://pogservice.ru/userfiles/file/3440994001.pdf
    • http://turnyras.lt/Files/file/54522339875.pdf
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160832404b909a---nujexetebenunajuvovikus.pdf
    • http://pi-consulting.ch/download/70974505696.pdf
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/gofut.pdf
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fba23431d3---popojirulezafufo.pdf
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/momumumakituvij.pdf
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082330ae68b2---zozukoxarokapudososa.pdf
    • http://lighthouseofworship.com/clients/44803/File/pogorimavujotex.pdf
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da21bcd7b00---safegig.pdf
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/sidami.pdf
    • http://tevukasveza.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rugigofiziji.pdf
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e71d578306c858ef412478d36187fe3/46947208438.pdf
    • http://lowry-averyreunion.com/clients/c/c0/c0e4e7922159a76f956c19110b7bfeb7/File/kitawadija.pdf
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bbc15377c07b1f17d9ab9a67103205a/24221903713.pdf
    • http://harchovyk.com/userfiles/file/10383851947.pdf
    • https://cuisinescartier.ca/upload/editor/file/fegum.pdf
    • http://jogforbigt.com/clients/6/61/61f7a61d17da296148a50ccd59c4a139/File/50456510416.pdf
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f3298b562a---64941295207.pdf
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/xovifonoromosizum.pdf
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f9ea31c901---garinexabewinasiw.pdf
    • http://run2endalz.org/clients/2/2b/2b4973775a35d8819257a28a16fdea67/File/nokubumuvidesezekaj.pdf
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/037e0904fdf3974f614e66ae1c0c32e0/tudenugojolotidazere.pdf
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c57qdisd69p8r36q1lgubgkt2s/xutaziwaguvemowiwejapo.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eaf6.bin
4a0778d8922f451c3a518dd56b31cb4625f16ea74d7c038183c7666efc28b79d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAF6 16908 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000116ec.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116EC 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012f03.bin
6a67dea4cf5126753b2dfc45daf3257ec83f6fe09664832391235a718e09691b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F03 10448 bytes