Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99374524f9d64e2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-29 05:00:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d08bffcc2526807c352b54c6e8980339 SHA-1: 4d99b233e7fd50aefc83c7c9e476ed33b0488358 SHA-256: 99374524f9d64e2b5272a49117c61d4d8701e9603ddd97b3b9ee630e67acfed2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive use of external links points to an attempt to lure users to external resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=watch+the+matrix+online+123movies
    • https://auditorescr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46747216744.pdf
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b9b45e77c---bixunetepadevox.pdf
    • https://rugsinc.in/UserFiles/files/sigizoxuxu.pdf
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021090711031255.pdf
    • https://braveathlete.net/geektic/files/41320297853.pdf
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02ssh8tbmc49s47emeo7arnj03/lajesufa.pdf
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/86079366282.pdf
    • http://saigonford3s.com/uploads/2021-09-21/images/files/95232663746.pdf
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bslut3m4a0k11a65ds9tk090n2/mavizezeribirabofu.pdf
    • https://jocafoto.com/fotos/file/82071523178.pdf
    • http://1careglobal.com/upload/files/tixarafukeduzomakotaxu.pdf
    • http://gostinica-domodedovo.ru/files/femuzoredenugavot.pdf
    • http://chikatere.com/Upload/files/xedajananukasifup.pdf
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/dubopexozinar.pdf
    • http://rialta.ie/userfiles/files/95961646924.pdf
    • https://momsgardenfoods.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80316992622.pdf
    • https://ichapps.peaceofworld.com/ichapps/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/57697770448.pdf
    • http://bctlorraine.org/userfiles/file/56829007396.pdf
    • http://rentaruedas.com/files/others/38019699110.pdf
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cfc70c6898---99736298417.pdf
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bf2ce2dac---saxojobujote.pdf
    • http://perksys.com/userfiles/file/majuxujuwanexakafewapig.pdf
    • https://rajatotogroup1.com/contents/files/66007016806.pdf
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/58117109770.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_off0000afcb.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFCB 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c7dd.bin
2b43a2901d0be6535148235cc59bae9067a5ec27a18e3e5c68c48d4a2f16bb8c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7DD 15216 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee46.bin
4241dd4dfaa172af85d41e2f90c0d1799d45609af3a1b6b1044f9f5313654551
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE46 11000 bytes