Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99ce74c9cca38063…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.7 KB Created: 2021-07-03 16:55:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8949b0bcd407b2161293f4adedc910b3 SHA-1: 6e245282b5445c3f3a8ad5cfa33a07804881c5d4 SHA-256: 99ce74c9cca380632cb86a5bcc5099238680c5fcc2c618bf278b30af5d249438
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via the embedded JavaScript and the numerous redirect URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=self+esteem+and+well+being PDF link annotation
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a5ee2b3249563c802905637dbc9fff9/nozoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/zaxuzake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://komputerzagrosze.pl/userfiles/file/letexusuxelejum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c463840a195---73793694937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7cf937aaba---566633221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcifirsatlari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a47eec4507---fanikufam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926a22422ba---morufidexotalovemewewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81650922154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ln6qaolnrkvft5fnjg1g248if4/11007094092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/608671f136c4e4686bb85c87f98b74f7/nurijulilibabeguzokup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f8ddc34a5c---73141475890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ghnservizi.com/file/85479793838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a16f7ef1e1b---70485843186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab3e9e827c---61512178309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54573681475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/tadakifusowisixexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f38970200---62733765906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cecprint.com/images/file/fowijodafup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://108pizza.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/zilolakab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westtech1963.com/clients/d/d4/d4250bc21dcbbf02d7f9bc68df143add/File/poborenobasogagovewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb7e262139---gobuxawedigadokobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fcc1a71c716f2b90b9b3c3d7cc1fd36/bebobexon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-kva.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juzekuzoponadugapatex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lu8o7d7e3dpasc0h9spe7pagov/riferaxapinutixenunuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c186c1ad85---xosoj.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_off00012201.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12201 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 1af08852da18d36f98c4f87bb440c98e42bbe195290503bbecec7db0d28a16c3
font_01_sfnt_off00013aa8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AA8 17288 bytes
SHA-256: 389a39a4009190a9f64be3c885056ab82c93571691779792cf7320ea8033c02d
font_02_sfnt_off000167f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x167F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1