Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99f58c274b5c9896…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-15 20:09:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 219181e599bbb14fe77aa0a7824a227e SHA-1: 3557de0a281c0e74fb4761873f85569ae72ff361 SHA-256: 99f58c274b5c9896a86b7e648d3c8c2ad1a07c0ff8d7a3cc0a84bce796b45cb5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or phish for credentials. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=green+thinking+hat PDF link annotation
    • https://xn--80aaijz0c.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gumolanuduzodebamezes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allgeology.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61250520600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021090416034673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanticcompact.org/userfiles/files/55905550552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/bidogug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indianhairtransplant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sujidixuluduwogazet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iiiemjobs.com/FCK_Editor_Images/files/vodudagutumab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61592685a0f7b90a45d1b691bb9591d7/lugotijekamakasesewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carneslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zimatobudinazunabaviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xnucleus.com/members/member_images/files/ninel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tokyomagic.jp/images/library/File/35940909427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/nupepixexik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/81514023263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sov.tranovice.org/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wilarulimesixowoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/81198668673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8233134e7cd441c7e7c86c059b669c08/pubadiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/68930778724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgssu.com/upfolder/e/files/20210908004944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fcd4a11310---bagitenixos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fcb7d054ee3dffbd2264347604787ce/22223797748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnik.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80715927198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d6e9a3a203---pavazivonutolepaboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--38-mlcqjbufcz6h.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/17631627633.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_off0000dc92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4A9 10184 bytes
SHA-256: 826b983ab72e72a310fd81f864dec0f1822a2be0d356e4b0b5a9cf94af06aba0
font_02_sfnt_off00010b65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B65 17896 bytes
SHA-256: cc1df66f83350cfb3e65ebb7c5c72abfc29bf4c956ef4be7d228afce003c1bce