Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c99e8eafc706553…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:24:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 6bc2ea425c51e47954813e34614a77b7 SHA-1: 23b57bb2fd8074457b356c7cfaf0ce5f20ffe8b0 SHA-256: 5c99e8eafc706553d4a1567132701cd65e366b31df9281b65609bcd020d9d18a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm pointing to potentially malicious content, including compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely using embedded JavaScript to facilitate redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://sukaunited4d.vip/contents//files/43989719012.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe40d8901a7---84322451445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbb8b7aff6---zivatabafanirubivasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coffeetuanvang.com/Images_upload/files/90040007022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49al33a2zdp0eo1x.com/DATA/file/20210521200028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hypotekaprezamestnancov.sk/res/file/56967616135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f26565780d20e05be8aa6d75eacb9af7/37200037326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/15515104188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mujeresenmovimientoplus.com/userfiles/file/wobevowemekimasajuzala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilimall.ae/uploads/files/buzojipugofutuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petrduchek.com/files/lofulararosirupulisame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/kuwekofuzodopivolidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kasihpaham.com/contents//files/1380602598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/59351725059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortworthdental.net/cmsCart/upload/file/dumeful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbbbf8e7234---36287716430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f29633f8a5---lajekof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdee1d0ad6a267755819e235f942fc01/48818400325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanlysecurity.vn/vanly/album/files/zabuxevepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bf4e50f759---pujugarusagagobulinav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb55de3b93---61014185635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430223022765364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buydecor.ru/uploads/files/70660045488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cc-loges.com/uploads/file/3361783411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=tissues+types+worksheetPDF 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_off0000c174.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC174 17064 bytes
SHA-256: 69cef47b3742571bc16e3039417f0a3014035e2e7c77dba1ed8554729072f5bf
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC84 10392 bytes
SHA-256: a48c3bbf87a6c923c4f773ed1eacb8455621ef84ddec4743f12abbb8a26403b4
font_02_sfnt_off00010459.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10459 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1