Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99763b28544b398b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-27 18:36:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 003026d6f6d8ff8560b847cb8c05ccf1 SHA-1: 1bd2c5c44b2b056e6e63e9fa66c0f69b28e7b894 SHA-256: 99763b28544b398b694f06aa45dd98fc71b6b6a2b4f84c8e9ec9924b456886b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious sites, which are designed to host phishing content or distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=naruto+slugfest+download PDF link annotation
    • https://www.hemingway.bg/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zozuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-10/20210910205722814674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioghittigargnano.com/userfiles/files/ratokajuxujabikejes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d411f29a8a---gerejokobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coffeetuanvang.com/Images_upload/files/sozexivotoxexex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/kofigosureradanofaraber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniquecharacters.com/upload/files/81473277718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f681ceafdfe533e991b54629b2b3353/rufufositajusebojij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614e22544eaf7---70384632891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familiehollander.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/26488960013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://print-resource.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5491173829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cobweb.janci.net/upload/files/wowosalatabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelcabrera.com/FCKfiles/file/72996124279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teleserviciomalaga.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaxuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a52eb9db6211fce3e2395089083ad7bb/25316006186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariapolis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vazexisipavebapixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chuaphucluong.com/uploads/image/files/zamipabamumepizikupuvabat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicaabrahaoosta.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dekuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernwashpros.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/92555674120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e25bac7e2b---76139785293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindseyderence.com/userfiles/files/pirunuwulumarulekujilibuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pn-tech.net/userData/board/file/77400659938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d94af93a5c---vifilolokikud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaodontuonglai.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/gitimozuwisus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b18f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB18F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c9a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9A6 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 0c96fd5fdafdcb9ff8f81c6cb9d44a764da4b561ffae1845f1ea45d28601718f
font_02_sfnt_off0000e1e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E8 14544 bytes
SHA-256: 55c0cecfd2ccbcf2086e2b019fe8a6028069ece84644fd3184c8cad6695161d2