Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99aec5c77f151152…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:56:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4ff651ad9ddd8c5874da2fba114aa236 SHA-1: 4774c39af143a7bf8272583889a79359cdfc668e SHA-256: 99aec5c77f151152b5f0e2854dbc606dc72d2de6bae176bb56f555dffece9d35
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress installations and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded links are the primary indicators of compromise, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092803c20010---karunovir.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608469300eecb---felumumokar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evohome.pl/userfiles/file/wigetolifofojijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160911dabb3d47---sosotatisigikafewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e10c1a93f8---penoxokusositikizemar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58998089b0bc39cbe44ca37e9b6d036b/girino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ivr7j7dihsmsf3lsktrlq51v2/92690678090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a781d0d808---mepivuwedegul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ai7ee96i3c2ctnurcd6k959bnh/zakof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lev-steklo.ru/userfiles/file/fikifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosafety.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gonigufov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/69274245841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1bc565f74fb96907014186f411bb686/megenageboxetuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a92a0c5be955be19af358500f385737f/53628571676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16116e1c1a7ac5---porejugezokodafijavab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ch7p8b35vfoqg20o3td7ga2p1i/zafezob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eddcda9191---39977473649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161027a127969d---34677268633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanseniors.ca/userfiles/file/68416518385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-gold.com/userfiles/files/53231832975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areaengineeringsrl.eu/userfiles/files/jimetalowotezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8mi5mu7j2fo087htb8rkfa4i8/konozexaberazezefutona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95fdd5c198b50b8e55972d086514bec7/soleguxufinololele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tarzminder.com/resimler/files/73007042395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=7+layers+of+network+protocolPDF 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_off0000bc18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBC18 14480 bytes
SHA-256: 231cd4329a413fc5d79dfc5117c54dd52f345d602081b977b62f4a091883125d
font_01_sfnt_off0000e055.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE055 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 40ba4e726a32cbeb4ea4ffbb97d9f47c957e8f61bec0c348ed337b67b93dfbc0
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1