Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99cef13564ad7da8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:16:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c0048c47adf1444dc8332e3b9398ad45 SHA-1: b7f3f59ad3ce5f6040c4b8f65d636dc706fcfb46 SHA-256: 99cef13564ad7da8a8a4f06cb7dda733084617b82058240c222deca21afb552f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, with many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not fully analyzed due to obfuscation, suggests potential for further malicious actions like downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+handsomest+drowned+man+in+the+world+analysis+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160932963b03f7---leviraluxonubujijevori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/22470788919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfd092f113---ketufodemewobofix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/lisafiruzevuxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montgomery71.com/clients/34132/File/sigosezunedodun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmke.cz/pictures/files/ganifubomago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia.eu/upload/files/55254178719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://likuidart.com/files/ckeditor/files/gineduwukixiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aajude.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21503112165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://footstepfloor.com/upfiles/files/kapobeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biolabsrl.org/userfiles/files/woditake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cdlnpu6cb3utibbg85c0nvrq5/kulekegepilavenoxuwuzomid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e02fdeb3a---ziwuzumimadoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/rafufumaruxolenut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filatelianumismaticaumbra.it/userfiles/file/97480447038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uforoi.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/mepesarazut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8db7c207c2d74fc465051e722bb14673/felabewapifinusovub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fal94gp7sva355la27l7o6n0ib/sogosokipepomukupano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/bovoretevuwalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ubo9r1t078jm1rsndqd5hpik77/givojimolozet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d11mieghr6djm3l49nnkue2f0c/89579058838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/otge19abbd3p0dd2src0naod3b/25859987598.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_off0000dab3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAB3 10924 bytes
SHA-256: b78a4dbe598caa836fe31f34244795dd1e6940a75bb07e1cd4aecac613ab4637
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3D6 17820 bytes
SHA-256: 5371e504e0f9a9241762b41e2cab621e9d4a5f8f81c4eb04e4cbef4c757b5f1e
font_02_sfnt_off000121a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121A0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1