Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99710526ff046a8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-08-07 07:57:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 1c6032d573a2ef170788a82c3e0353e1 SHA-1: cd822d2395e0546ffb3eee97f44bd3cdff1a576b SHA-256: 99710526ff046a8b0d22371cc88a02a5d56e6bc8141dd9695af5bf8b118a08a7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The primary purpose appears to be to lure users to malicious sites, potentially for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://lamorenj.com/userfiles/files/xugofexabeto.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a816b30ff1f---58180173223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/597c2f5271d1cf28148e02ab27d6f572/wanepipebikajuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/nunujumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandinhr.eu/images/user/file/fexefusas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1s05ffts8f4q2iif1052p47ob4/92613993026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/dazubowudikumiwifano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9e3d70898---gejenixijesovepaweketume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palirna-frydek.cz/uploaded/file/rinizepijiraxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lysfyyy.com/upload/files/90282772977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/98243930820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/66787282956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/ketuvukezuzozojiligimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afd3c2379a3---91613526448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dda84de2d7e---jipux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6a5a642d7---jafimavuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cevhertemizlik.com/userfiles/files/rareduzigifelufavodamar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/221e57d7f004abfaf8d0f84a4e645aeb/65990942695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randalljroutson.com/clients/44711/File/58080894322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ea5739e80---mopegavijobexidetikorer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d6fb54bb5b---47862081661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fq0fkgbjrpt0gtm5telqb4hol/14643043784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072889af3f5d---5566063769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=verbal+reasoning+practice+test+answers+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_off0000e744.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE744 10988 bytes
SHA-256: c1f11b5dde258531d2f94b16603d2de31b8e55f0a4086cac38586dd34e923e5c
font_01_sfnt_off00010091.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10091 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000118a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118A3 16496 bytes
SHA-256: c6531063d0e7059765372a059f01245f6a72f839cb359dec84f93a2febfac126