Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f99bcd7326d655f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-07-04 17:29:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 55c684de536150233db0b94a7bb7f7e9 SHA-1: 0c06e69a0249c3eb2afb6a1bc0e8197f49a452c4 SHA-256: 9f99bcd7326d655f273379d0a42486272799e059277d1e41571ed2384ba26a7a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The presence of JavaScript and the link farm structure suggests an attempt to lure users to external sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+eminence+in+shadow+light+novel+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d1cfqb9boeufbsl0oas6smgfj/16237167916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25131d40456a72cacff6835b5e16d088/74064020506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802a4f444fc---46953440690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/36656301824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/rusotifegozobuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/zamozuxisigajoxifop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gymostrov.org/gymostrov/userfiles/file/82003442561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mama-light.net/business_school/uploads/file/76853954623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae2b7932bd4---sufimifugofusopaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd13db1202e---seraxubatezuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinocorporatechallenge.com/clients/6216/File/naferamibogamigareriwovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/pumoxurudonetewidim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/katc4fo96rc05hh4ah8l8u1d5i/59953557376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cavusofis.com/images_upload/files/gidiremufudozukakit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b351f9da3b08b7090cdfcff201421802/dedutavilupagosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/fovag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kfer2tutqcg4bu6vgjhmi1g4ud/vipomolatidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinka.ru/userfiles/file/bezixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2107040337004717107nchut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/79038797356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070cccb9b5ff---tumupedilunudumiwidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bf566fe703f6277823f226f59e417e4/3394965528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed935579343075b6c282ec24be90f6b2/guxobarilizumikejiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e560a2ac9---38950461753.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_off0000e538.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE538 3180 bytes
SHA-256: 27f34fd3c9ab86a40536c87949f6ee9253c7cf67caab4f340c23a382be661792
font_01_sfnt_off0000f25b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF25B 11084 bytes
SHA-256: c23145ecb900ae085bb432689390c4ade922197b56b700117cdca6f27f0a31fb
font_02_sfnt_off00010be0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BE0 17644 bytes
SHA-256: 3caeee090633cf1d61ea9a7c7617fba52b69522306900b8c85597a8523de3452
font_03_sfnt_off000139eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1