Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99bb0d1c26f647eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-10-01 21:45:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 9849af699ce179baed310c8f742089df SHA-1: 554ebc374f5f52978afecc49b0a9b8625e279109 SHA-256: 99bb0d1c26f647eb7f91df12710569c7bddfe06c598858500c863b82be6762fc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' suggests links to compromised WordPress upload storage. These elements strongly suggest the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=physics+ii+formula+sheet PDF link annotation
    • http://dakmoto.cz/obrazky/file/zasadobutubonozonemega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imobiliariaimperio.com/files/files/11995635902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--42-6kcdlkbomh7beggito5p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/vuxagikodumamusugegub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soosanfix.com/upload/fckeditor/file/murazovagapadabakaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161543f9d1c7c7---14198006456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaa.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/nosanebox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nonstopsushi.com/uploads/files/14745633710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myparrotfood.com/user_files/files/birexebaliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93313335524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doggystylzgrooming.com/admin/photos/file/xedejelekikefor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c0c0446f7e---pugefixozotalonusidol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.luthier-auxerre.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89630950421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inphilong.com/upload/files/85697203424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dzido.pl/userfiles/file/40404454623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1saisp4t3ljcvm71m0cf54a9bp/76966287522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclameindex.nl/images/uploads/51260379534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijieet.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4599535176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilyatsia-v-sochi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robivozepavozovigeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinice-rasy.cz/files/file/84298853640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-lobnya.ru/upload_picture/file/18227538340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinabailey.com/upload/files/52882934440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/file/1631805944_1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.natursany.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuvitijisifasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gomientrung.vn/uploads/image/files/meguka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osiindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/soboxelabelan.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_off0000c2f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB07 10712 bytes
SHA-256: be3f59c85444c3ef6187a7fe3dddb78fd1768c54c22f215bf0ef14f7c88b489c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3B2 20596 bytes
SHA-256: 4590efa215314fb4dcffecd562aa72168c22dcc3e4e7ffe354b50e810431dc92