Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99cc357dee74eca3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 16:09:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 114daaf6d05cfa0b3a91967faa9207cb SHA-1: b5368423a62dacd34c597eb8a6fb9638530240b3 SHA-256: 99cc357dee74eca3c2d90223eac4e6562570b8a46aa8bdc8d2e5cef9bc1e8ce3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/79952309264.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/21635123425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiavysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/64697581667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochisushi.nl/survey/userfiles/files/54825532163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilymillerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/motukuperukenazapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc66e4ccda---13437338966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelstore.tn/userfiles/file/pirunajomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldcastlive.com/userfiles/file/55921260774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/37878977933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinproval.it/userfiles/files/57063983598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wikuzij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isspskola.lv/userfiles/files/fuvakuvanirujep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipacific.com/attachment/file/96985700938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607144db87cb3---ruzuwidipijivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fst-uinsu.net/userfiles/files/61643916848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iat1f9mccvp34khm63m74j9fm2/57039111219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnimeina.it/userfiles/files/bajodetatugela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acudrved.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20317839711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77e9fabb4d3af18dd876d213fac25567/najija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b337d1044---67711814136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f1596266382eef00025e55037110ec5/99432233137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c5cd6b1963---92987628709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szpk.hu/_user/file/zexuxoxipulaset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=disney+trivial+pursuit+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off0000ea2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA2A 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 0b70c32ce47df2b7fe6429f1e16e645d001da606a01e704643013330ddce3f0e
font_01_sfnt_off000118c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118C5 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 170d173988d1c24a8bc652ed822654e8e90780be8c66db855f42097e41584dfe
font_02_sfnt_off000131fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1