Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99c84213438a9c3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-09-12 15:04:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6a17a96616bca399043cab5dd1c37dd3 SHA-1: 25ca54852535a96cd6f2fc5c2f7c9d1a52c75df8 SHA-256: 99c84213438a9c3f1b514d70bf44cb8c59402f18e1da9fd86c06b7c4dc450575
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+connect+my+ps4+controller+to+my+tablet PDF link annotation
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/4775619262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feynburg-uhren.de/uploads/66792327706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f9a953354a---rivakixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncteonline.com/userfiles/file/51039371576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://italvaping.com/file/papuwizevuxidupegejip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/039ef96488aa63e4bec78f14917fe7c9/84957238556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keralatravelpath.com/uploads/file/dofijag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27765ca95673919bba8ade2a68794d3f/vosabogixojuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m61hukc973e6k18hubsq4bskl2/15078140466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incomingmakedonia.com/files/files/53171015027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://niboparis.com/upload/fckeditor/file/1630889204_1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file///61462690272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosritual.su/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sufepimoparuwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f2167820a9---rusiwesodujeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodline.by/userfiles/file/nilafuzesofojipibezafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bepxuyenviet.com/upload/files/tojagigepakibenaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpghollywood.com/userfiles/files/wosezoxenatokaxogirufute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://likebarcode.com/image/files/20210902_185121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161329c8e6a7c9---33509414081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s7sgb0vbcajaeq2jdkh5j5ajg2/bejipubedoxipul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostsolutions.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/xazomezal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocthientam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/fogogasalujavebegile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenzaeden-albisola.com/userfiles/files/jowixifivuke.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_off0000c74d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC74D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000df5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF5F 17920 bytes
SHA-256: bb123221cd8fe70215dc45936c8cdd2ebed0ea92ce7175317deda496d6fff030
font_02_sfnt_off00010d4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D4C 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 537ae7e83afeaf4caeba2f7184bb28ecb299628cb7da99131889540109da8d75