Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99e0d7967f13314c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.7 KB Created: 2021-08-03 13:01:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 1a1a07c2685b10f18a51308b2d7d82ca SHA-1: ac630cc72dd61252dc0f4436c5e829910a0958d3 SHA-256: 99e0d7967f13314c8c31c3d37bf16b7b11a17196f5de729f587299c3dc2a34ad
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, embedding numerous URLs that point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely to obscure the final destination. The presence of external URIs and the 'link farm' heuristic strongly suggest the document's purpose is to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=which+is+the+first+song+of+blackpink PDF link annotation
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca62b69572320797d3410f401201509c/redivibenifafusewogavis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f1dc8f2e61136a64c918f73b569e311/tigemurixugolewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9mt88crir4bible8vjhs9kq75/saxabezakevovarese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://degrossier.nl/uploads/file/91454131464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nergizleryapi.com/image/files/93579066978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609daec474c12---jixaxalamobap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/26067397071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094f7ae573d8---77344818063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4c864ceff3---tadafumiwodapativuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://100gastro.cz/soubory/files/30157875853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6e82807d20f7eb67e135115244494b7/12014605578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1713e7e4a4865d113c519825339f89a/56057598815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ene69jghhvaps7al47ne2h6a4c/99540324974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumcsp.com/uploads/files/buzonobezamuper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d1f72aae0f---xudidupugowapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/88896153179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketoanantamhcm.com/uploads/files/pipurovegeruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3ag1kvqt6i3ra0t9h523njt8i/55040570983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f08c8ee8e---68736459557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5cf73f499a38480e40add7950044494/76950111825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210523052021370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b83d8427ee6ddb2b4646d9cf3e76d864/234915564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a15812ef696d10cac0bd0a05456f394/65429016269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aksukartela.com/images_upload/files/34079010854.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f5b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5B7 17480 bytes
SHA-256: c453ba0c9460f9a10ad3d41d5ccc6fd713305f4065c9371084214acd2ae6b2ae
font_01_sfnt_off00010f2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F2B 18024 bytes
SHA-256: 5d657ce2dcd3e646318242f8c1b269cdcc4b6ebcaeb5ed09ed43d660eed18e12
font_02_sfnt_off00013e76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E76 10984 bytes
SHA-256: b1cec46fda01827da90719d397617e1e309620fb8756f2cd5d9fff9f74df2932
font_03_sfnt_off000157c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157C5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1