Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99aa22fabc1161ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 20:09:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3febfe6bc237a277cce929a575c5fe9a SHA-1: 0250370259646ab750f3b48002a2fe27c794edbb SHA-256: 99aa22fabc1161ea1db5ae47d33dc89e5ff07b499309b1805ba9cd5f38e9a8b8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This indicates a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for distributing further malware or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8003db63f---53715846336.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8cdda4ab50e247c2d8eca033d4325b0/piweduko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b11837cb0---65013091644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a06a904a135a54112bd4be962f685ed5/resujinatovipamom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksx.top/images/userfiles/file/boxovutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samsung-service-center.ru/uploads/files/tazome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/bofibadidofed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a0ab43854---vukomaxurifajubekubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e16e9e86f8---novuvogigajiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49dec3ea06175b3a0837c5aa6278baf7/wumetopiligopofosobifobok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c09bf309a---webawas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iflr0i472d46ej5pcfl1880efl/rowijalaweviva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freetourscadiz.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/13407184428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gshosnab.ru/userfiles/file/konudaxusovawewosepima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c36fb13a6d2---pegemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e18bdb3403e---lugap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milkyway-vn.com/upload/files/sekuxobal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/livenomatotegodekemasofag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gregoryshow.ru/files/file/kefesuvawomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160766505e5240---98761294707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acril.ru/ufiles/files/46193195228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alt-1c.ru/userfiles/file/madebim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/36916808586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf5352100e---15469051703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=hand+reared+conures+for+salePDF 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_off0000e85a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE85A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010071.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10071 10372 bytes
SHA-256: 6ae8a4ac8d5f0ff9554e5cdeeb5dfa11d48e6fb9e9837ea67ea651184627a46e
font_02_sfnt_off000117e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117E8 18188 bytes
SHA-256: 7e7a2c797e4272c2911e7e4b26aa28ba08e0d19851a95a77a0a6480bfb947469