Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99a828d5ac7acc27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.1 KB Created: 2021-07-01 21:54:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 75d2697fbc16a044f976171e9fe7288c SHA-1: bae77cf305d87e8ab7aec36f2bf65bf3bf888d47 SHA-256: 99a828d5ac7acc27831f2f9283a79058dc8f56593e9fbb6f7172b7d9e52bb1a8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9895

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 http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/nipelogeba.pdf
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d01c7f0c511---wufow.pdf
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/316d507fc1dd0399d10fea7eea0ad7de/vovojawa.pdf
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d259c62388d---29190027261.pdf
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b29ku40bqv1io8j2l5gnh3ciq0/39075271100.pdf
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a99a45e9648a295207074b6f3ae094f8/tetilazivufofakudere.pdf
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a98fae976c---47829546032.pdf
    • http://lbhodgereunion.com/clients/3/38/38e1f81cb1ac74d12d86c8ba87866b9f/File/tanoj.pdf
    • http://familiehollander.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/rulisu.pdf
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a145cd19c1a---dodenanidotiwis.pdf
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/116098934160beb9b176a2d.pdf
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b85ddb997d2---99367678152.pdf
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/68052250660.pdf
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/80618752880.pdf
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3c69a23cf8---vujuxevolarobog.pdf
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943986185b3---4245987166.pdf
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968e61a7d22---gazatazinelejexetivip.pdf
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081890725268---disegulo.pdf
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ej7oq99i8k8pe9e2uo4e1j9rc9/69075057500.pdf
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ta4lmq06pil1llcpdse7fvo5uh/77920887270.pdf
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba87775a7f0---miredunixofujupiwiwenuseb.pdf
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f48ad9ba0---87203414490.pdf
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/525c89f44914f858aa8e930eae9d7010/linomumoze.pdf
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cu195itdqo5sv22mmf75otm5sr/23294016235.pdf
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607168335e6ca---xemobujep.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=cover+simon+and+garfunkel+sound+of+silence
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010d76.bin
863db5f0adfe59e1c1b459bf65aa296a40820e9bb1fbab998d3c01f6bdd20f75
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D76 21436 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00014325.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14325 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015b32.bin
c9edfc46816b328d733d7f8c87c913737012ffaaf5e8e17d91d69eeb189ef8bb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15B32 2916 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000166f9.bin
28441e72211477fed7fc8988effc62af4318e594932bbccce663d3eb6a5a9185
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x166F9 11008 bytes