Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 099bd51b290176a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-08-16 08:58:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 720df2bf656db8081385de5ec241c3ef SHA-1: 7de3d6f954312917e7bb10c05d74de8339fc0efd SHA-256: 099bd51b290176a089237813e0f5c392c04cc55c0a390021bbd878281024fec1
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious files. The presence of a 'password-protected archive lure' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to evade gateway security. ClamAV also detected this file as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • 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 http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa093790699---27491521623.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f048cbac7---35924247902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1bfdcf356c---33685333038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://affordans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37511997179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7bf16875d5409f7e92b6882999a2516/rebusiwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb58ee701e---folakenusirofanimakibak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b52f5b72b323df4488d78d25a04af43f/xunasitiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livres-d-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nelafeguxawidadowulot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610616dc95b97---nudiboxugotovabezux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be404e62c7---44441727693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oferta.lt/i/File/zotewapozavubiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b35f58f5af4563c028f850aca8bd7f9/88125318231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteelephant.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cd18da24bd0ea15144bb424832b4b5a/56589174797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deepankarbasu.com/FCKeditor/file/61950584230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/73425255541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aada8354f0d---ripofutuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/dinenijikewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66e3e91e78110fd4cd76fe396b0d129a/vumafusixavowaviwuwuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709547916ef---89423922945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b99868b64d7e016688d7292f04a8ef6/vekabaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aynispirit.nl/userfiles/file/fonanowutitexesoluponoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c912478964---nijolujugik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amitadevnani.com/userfiles/file/54225955455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=download+wps+pin+v0+4PDF 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_off0000eda0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000105b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105B7 10408 bytes
SHA-256: 7b234e610aaceb09d46e4c6d74a221abdb8cc0ffa11e3fdd97c0330690b959dd
font_02_sfnt_off00011d64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D64 17276 bytes
SHA-256: 51e1bc6430fad49e1351d12aa53b5b6397b19d91cca8ac453f309df22bb66ce2