Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99f988594a7e1914…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:58:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 71d3129d31b411dcd8f5da4e143554cb SHA-1: 8e56c2a5178e5106962c67e9d1e84e15ce660527 SHA-256: 99f988594a7e191449212e8e65735b8b6c3e167b4346d4602796a42dc454e451
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, characteristic of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The 'PDF_IMAGE_LURE' heuristic indicates it's likely an image-based document with a clickable action, designed to trick users into navigating to these external resources. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7ae872f3f8fcd960d758a2893bbb676/berevegoro.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad4e0e92b05---zatizusiwabedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linardi.ru/files/file/29766578027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://righetti-ticozzi.it/userfiles/files/92012863472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toanthinh.vn/webroot/img/files/51302179114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc2fa35896---falaxiwidagusazabotob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/719215f2cc60abdd95e5f1df33946a48/29884713156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0f7fe3fa4c---jovatelufagosiwuwolibax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiaangkorhomestay.com/userfiles/file/99707582514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almuhja.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11907216190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/lakipariliraderodepaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpghomerepairs.com/uploads/image/files/12603562547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itexpertdog.com/upload/files/befiwidamigofetulukutuwub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mgvl9vt3kb6uhrqe343tlgt4v7/bogasopasaxinoral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.poolsrus.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mufudikugoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160daece473d9c---64428562507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gq20gcbms0rnk1pp9jdmslbcf5/89320538126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815f2a25877---33597332949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nickelmarket.co.za/includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nolosave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lu8sui44bumgq0o7f6h7l8r8a5/gelikano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taperagi.com/contents//files/xenekikexotum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a66815332714a73210ddd24e048762b7/6898027325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=lesson+planning+with+purposePDF link annotation
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/43993297806.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_off0000b3e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3E1 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 7d9a6cfaa1bb749e4c7091716fcc1256b6f9db613e6c7effcb639d26142369ed
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC57 13964 bytes
SHA-256: 82611927737fd26061228388376cccde9a8b6c3463facf49d49716f5ca8f958c
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE8E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1