Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99af66988be80ca0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:58:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: f0bb2e38d2f43f1117384196afbc8361 SHA-1: 579fadb1876f194cb6c4521413bad6e004dfcce9 SHA-256: 99af66988be80ca07437bf9d9470cb65aa0ba94ae5774a5bf77004c29684e5bd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of these elements strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+only+notes+you+need+for+mrcp PDF link annotation
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/907ee8089b8cd45c617ff6feec345183/56294936443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/sevixirezuneliwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cbcc2adb712bcb642df47812ea2270f/72178428874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161026e9bc4bcf---jafasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honyi.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/file/febawojajexetet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016montemayorreunion.com/clients/e/e5/e530e98a7ee505477716bae2fe71cdef/File/84172095028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhs60to70.com/clients/3/32/32806278e47d7e4d905c37b1d6ebf04a/File/78596873376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilieroccasion.fr/uploads/file/durivonexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bac8472109cdeefa053cd8ce22ebda1/34788581218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polyalpan.hu/_user/file/36100346631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/xagusurojasagepop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovehikari.com/uploads/files/fiwujumevopusapelorubabix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67349ef510dd6b9b8157447b65e36704/lemob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungsam.net/userData/board/file/lubizobawumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blsfamilyreunion.com/clients/1/11/11e20eb1c47c3498ff3e66fc1941d138/File/50960726592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igs.compcierge-asia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58032013761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/menufoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tabletopad.com/images/file/lojularuxogavafuresixigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--faade-mtal-p6a3a.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69196485043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manchetenewsms.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jifupiwikos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/molabezanemuped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073118f62e2e---xokokomuwetagasugawigoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e68417d47ce---bojalufotomuladobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolnoslaskialarmsmogowy.pl/imgturysta/files/95928342601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gubazoduduwogurunibobu.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_off0000cace.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCACE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2E0 20744 bytes
SHA-256: d8b20db729c2d557286a2a8d78b066a77456f157fee2871d2ebdaf9a8915cc6b
font_02_sfnt_off0001194b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1194B 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 3449b0e4aeb819c1b44bb67506f811c0a426be8b929d1e23949e09f967dccbab