Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99602df3e404bfd1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 18:53:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f2ba2a758e60cbe84e4a89062dc88dec SHA-1: 6ede5b1a97a703055e40a36bf8e5f53150f0fda5 SHA-256: 99602df3e404bfd1403c967675e2ca26512de13d6a59925143bc56585edd1996
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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 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://katachizu.com/img/news/files/1339855649.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160800d888670a---7199627788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8e2b079c8306299f1799e56d368c511/40413011345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdad2e0f9bc---65341034238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd1fc39fe7b2269ad40df879b2b1697b/tabetojifaxefeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07cd355f207990cb28e48d91f52c2843/bejagefunekade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infratechgroep.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01e879f19f76879f4e2d4193383c6d56/nerozosidigizedamemozudux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/952c98c1aeb10be7a0dbe685833c8dff/90585700341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef8be22391---35073072478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4c5f486b52---feloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbv73f34b7qkup6k2i8at63tf6/74099098225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoplan.su/userfiles/file/94230983312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/32016062332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bc4d3ffea---31857288124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/40119360030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609773ff59b8f---finagiwebevukiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/46017238545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sergey-yushkov.com/pict/file/widawedijelotixuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae370a944c5---74273629325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/lutenivenixuzemakuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088ccb76fa74---tekoziteresow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/7760376366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58ed9d1af197c4e83bf8d8ba2db7d0cb/bofab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freeski.hu/freeski/file/xaxofimiworalewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=wither+storm+v3PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e52e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE52E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD45 10292 bytes
SHA-256: 4c5cd8864872b01a0ceac8f6a632fe3a738e8de328991ec3e7824f2bcfb3d4b7
font_02_sfnt_off0001148c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1148C 2908 bytes
SHA-256: 0ab76ddf5140e28943d228de440f9916b8427fb78fed34b844e33c0e5e9c65c8
font_03_sfnt_off00012085.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12085 17700 bytes
SHA-256: a50abb1bd032d5d370efe8a5f22f0ebd62b9eb515a2de3a4d9189fbe11e8606a