Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99b96030cf05ef3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:44:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5410cc7d2f98677d614d7aa1efd5018d SHA-1: e53e34a80da38cbda11b6c9476c91f94c6e47b7f SHA-256: 99b96030cf05ef3f46348a7f314d840489bd8ef4c8f96f1ad6ca9817b04f59d8
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded JavaScript stream and ML classifier further indicate malicious intent, likely to download a second-stage payload. The ClamAV detection confirms this file is recognized as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=assignment+abroad+times+mumbai+newspaper+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/43908777271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f7c130dfe517c7b226e987d7da53ad8/91400998940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brune-schmuckwerk.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25009703899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/42752991185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shamshabaddiocese.org/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gadudidafum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totoquynhhuong.com/upload/files/pamegagipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saothienemb.com/uploads/images/files/44928048784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hocikto.info/userfiles/file/52900830511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swvocal.com/data/se2/file/xipodajosawib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtaky.sk/media/file/76756186260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76286cd64a5603e662c0700d2c04c3de/kulazefiwodibuduzez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinesacredshakti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15d51b02f2a5790a1059f327dd354de8/82824827927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ceroki.com/image/files/41890657573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ad514feee---68341363470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d99c2fbe19f---76466399864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160970d8e90c16---vaxitepigop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/nemogawigoverusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7e1ca39b01---delagomax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/28195928660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9473b49c80---bupotojileboze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtcguild.org/clients/80367/File/73313352356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://granitemountainranch.net/userimages/55550951430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://99hospitalitygroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gakisapuz.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_off0000e37f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE37F 11100 bytes
SHA-256: 710a8d6e9788735321554f530c88eb07fa613d308b0d6ed6a5dfa5fc8c21c4a7
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD0D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001151f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1151F 20264 bytes
SHA-256: 3ac2871d0d57cb4d6aab6c76cf05a9fce8a732348a6eeea9db668ac68905b2f1