Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99880f1869b999a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 21:57:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 04bfeb9c21caa093c2c32bf31579fe26 SHA-1: 14f07a183c004abc00e1aebeb1b8db8b96d69849 SHA-256: 99880f1869b999a34be7cb4bd9c1d06b4bceac1abe0ad58df46bd6bf55a374dc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for initiating malicious actions. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • 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://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/967621437b46e0052baf6ca352771383/biges.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://textolinguisticsolutions.com/upload/editor/file/goxoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellfoto.cz/pictures/files/pexafofokevum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mojahotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29233200081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/ruxejazafejebir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0h1dl5uhtgiia096ugledlv9lt/zinimosoxewoxepupipaxikux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avatars.ru/userfiles/file/wolugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://budgetparking.ca/admin/uploads/file/273054247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgeandmaryjones.com/clients/f/ff/ff66b05efb8f16ea353d8e6908bb1429/File/gosutilewowiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atonoserver.com/userfiles/file/bafoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fe68cc367a---rozuzoranekakuzixojovab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fisheaglesafaris.net/pics/user/file/majumazofezekepukitudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fl-forever.com/upfiles/editor/files/61863657724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://55pluscommunityspecialist.com/userfiles/files/76228209994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gasnguyenanhst.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80925502931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kadovagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ao5sb8v958fnpcg4r6dg9dp16i/76425892495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacvietexpress.com/upload/userfiles/files/12790112493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f858272c3---47175124250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/35813036635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.treehousecare.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160821c5b46dae---rukafibosesironure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techniq.ae/admin/uploadfiles/file/55933431104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portableandcool.com/files/files/vabudunekunumubipebov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seeandhearbetter.ie/img/shop//contents/35879484386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fontan-montag.ru/img/upload/1745906398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=2008+toyota+sequoia+owners+manual+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_off0000d907.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD907 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f11e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF11E 11460 bytes
SHA-256: 65325d1474b7b355a385aaaebec68e892f202768c3611dfb15db025e3ad4997e
font_02_sfnt_off00010c1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C1B 17468 bytes
SHA-256: 3ce214858272bd14f9fedfa02691b29c1819590f6f9d15532aa017ca7ec834da