Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99dc066e52e406ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:09:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fcf81af5c2ec396bfb6c25705b16216e SHA-1: 6988acf1332242b07fe8b4dcae30945de9bebd44 SHA-256: 99dc066e52e406ce0c60c7c482b848bd1203a32dc279153e3e9765ed21d39823
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, a common technique for distributing malicious content or conducting phishing attacks. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of numerous URLs hosted on potentially compromised CMS platforms suggests an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df2fec6438b754c992e6ca6297f9fca5/57422610438.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kxzyjy.com/CKEdit/upload/files/sibezirikugogasatenomuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gulbaharsigorta.com/contentData/file/24326371371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esangsok.com/upfile/files/xabiles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608311c8b0e48---zifin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triatlonbizuterie.cz/sites/default/files/file/92717875542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f6472dcbd---91478971892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba1ea1f1c2a---gavuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160914d0da4a9c---kamutekavafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruoumoc.com/upload/files/lulomifepavowox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160732ee8eed1b---luvuvat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d06eb640c---dagumogewudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63275346416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ghq7hqf79g2801b2nif0p2t4p2/76354418970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9badeeaac937d124b71edc91d4932bd2/zebegojokovexiremiran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/69487040009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852f09548d8---nijezenuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klairtransport.com/uploads/files/zutevisuwemerele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://excitechem.com/userfiles/file/selubafofulotutofuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogadosaguilar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lovikudupofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f4a8f217a3---67263949341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae29cf8e8a2d27c3adcfc7cb4976d49b/xuxifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26ece336db5f9f3d6ef972ba7a7ae6a2/xiwavowarapejekobagolelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875ad382027---fijirowuzem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/562d3cded5d4ced30445799566d824e8/45494999626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=compliments+beginning+with+ePDF 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_off0000ea3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA3B 16804 bytes
SHA-256: ba6237b75f062be34dd1a6275f6be10b64e75ed7eb9e67e63dcf7d708e546125
font_01_sfnt_off00011596.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11596 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 9ea9eb1c8a8f046ce4d7aff0006966a7aff7267f14d6ca9351dedf34734a948d
font_02_sfnt_off00012dbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DBD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1