Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99e47f852ec18957…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-11 12:02:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1afa72c64075e7b7695ac3b0a0ccbdc2 SHA-1: b4a5979492bb77a1d76350993e2489e9472adf55 SHA-256: 99e47f852ec189579ce4fb8bb04d8315743313b4b5e7a22b2814af45bb5a2bf4
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing scam, as indicated by the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic. It contains embedded JavaScript, suggesting an attempt to execute malicious code or redirect the user. The presence of numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, further supports a malicious intent, likely to host phishing pages or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=at+your+request+android+is+blocking+this+category+of+notifications
    • http://henghuitong.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210908024604.pdf
    • http://cissi.it/userfiles/files/79984691388.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rmtukosf039nld1ti29860ofri/gokorubiguxokafitixelaxe.pdf
    • http://kanomax-nsk.ru/images/vozepo.pdf
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rve4bfhdl7mfkmv7pp69a9qkc6/30527519336.pdf
    • http://algarestofos.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63361806853.pdf
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e0b4181393a7baac98c29764e26bfc2/963271156.pdf
    • http://lyzebrno.cz/userfiles/file/rurepasatovetomusivi.pdf
    • http://www.leposeur.fr/site/upload/ckfinder/files/sefuja.pdf
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613187f059b11---gasumetafenefabose.pdf
    • http://thrifthelp.com/flash/thrifthelp.com/file/47536218906.pdf
    • http://quangcaosmsgiare.com/media/ftp/file/fipajoja.pdf
    • http://canadianrockies.ca/files/file/pivenesaxaj.pdf
    • https://xylemleads.com/userfiles/file/51023976915.pdf
    • https://wrd13.com/force/file/64752572163.pdf
    • http://gshosnab.ru/userfiles/file/28862007874.pdf
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138b3c6b97a6---wumaxojefakuvezer.pdf
    • http://brucemayrockinstitute.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/bakivaso.pdf
    • https://matras-matrasych96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zapavaweke.pdf
    • http://kxqcgs.net/filespath/files/20210908090531.pdf
    • http://karinameal.com/imgdish/files/zefotex.pdf
    • https://kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuzavadi.pdf
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f222d19f299845a64bc66b5188f79461/luwogapamikigebojigeso.pdf
    • https://myparrotfood.com/user_files/files/toponekugor.pdf
    • https://seo-methodes.com/userfiles/file/pusorikiramutile.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cf9a.bin
0737c252199ee2f894c62afa91304e63f96bec7d3317ccde9ae8a2d2370cfad2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF9A 17376 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc3f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC3F 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011456.bin
42e55ff0e0ced779b9c71c466ecd3c7dd73874691c9783a7d37adb5bdd4de18a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11456 11328 bytes