Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99082de7a71a1107…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 06:49:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1a9a290764e73b50ea492b759b0fc5c5 SHA-1: 3b60dbfa85e76c99d539278121d2bbdd60e9ef24 SHA-256: 99082de7a71a1107da1b9c11660c66f386328495ea9bfe1aeb6def779de2fb2c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites, each hosting another PDF. This pattern suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign where the initial PDF serves as a lure to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/la5o1v5m97j69993phmer8sao2/4379857990.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b54abd0a9d45cb9b77aaa2679a7d5495/2272970549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vmd1oov1vqi3m2j2geu55g71j0/wotemerilamevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dunajecbiala.pl/upload/File/rezamowanuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://downtowncincyhotels.com/core_degree/admin/images/cms_imagesfiles/12661575774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed19dde1cfaff509dcc7e6b4d197289b/tusilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6b2ee640bc668eb6af553671859547e/37003609192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electroagro.es/pub/files/4621445758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fdb431ade1---69663715151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramhuonghanoi.vn/upload/files/mibazatasimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevenseahotel.com/uploads/images/files/xojuruzenovuzexowekag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fd470eba643c149184e22d88c75fb4a/japorovav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d437a3da837---sedaxurifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210531100134840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chiataiec.com/userfiles/Proj_Name/files/3190381134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64vv4mf06rk6uu4rld052qjs3t/94174822028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archi1919.com/smlclub-files/file/laladodubutopabexofes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/xijasirexerovavokete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.net/upload/files/8684291782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanwanderer.com/himalayan/userfiles/files/26235790067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ld15ei4688n734mica6t6fg94p/39041205558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le383.com/uploads/files/palaregeziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davebakeragency.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4d017efc9b2d4f417b93e4088ca465e/nukibedijifimulumofov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=agenda+2018+gratuit+pdfPDF 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_off0000bdb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDB0 17440 bytes
SHA-256: 01d09019d7e248fa9bfcbc2799dda4819c8fd08950c50326ea5a44cf03a46bc3
font_01_sfnt_off0000eaf5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAF5 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 3fd332ee59ef39e67580f67f114002c0d4c9dc7755273ef2494cddd2f27f515f
font_02_sfnt_off00010454.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10454 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1