Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac99ec7d4d642670…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-07-12 17:24:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 781eacbd3b9c4fa47f8cc266f648d18f SHA-1: ee6b1a60de35cecbb93a065f467659591f3882ce SHA-256: ac99ec7d4d64267037f5fc400286ce556eca7ee0415d4032a2dccb838876c408
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads. The document appears to be designed for SEO poisoning, using a health-related lure to drive traffic to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=foods+to+avoid+with+high+blood+pressure+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73773c59ab26447a28ff5a2bee2e974e/gekawonemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46b0c4aa6cca4c915f556a0cb4bacb79/maxalulilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energy-labels.com/userfiles/file/piser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b971758e4c6a3dd78a593f60b4c3c88/92820217640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://france-ex.com/images/blog//file/juwanolevegiwugawel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissrenewbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/1539616150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monuments-msk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/585afd48afb8e9ee208abc07a8d63d53/datomedadozekobirixozop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/letud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/44597135119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76q9t6t2tc6cq7tflfbmqotfk2/95850155088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7eda975f21---7275961643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptatravel.com/clients/4/48/489dad2d2d8436d4c085fc0ccdc2d1b3/File/79627421539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sssmri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72898601347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/542647ea3450700a602b1ceb3251824c/dazukaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diaspoassur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b73f8421ca56a565a1e815b4460bbf9/nafizarebapebibofalakub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13a55e849ac4112b165228b8aa7c1b50/fifusuwuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e85aa2d186---wejaxunutavenup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weifong.tw/fckimages/file/6162927781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070478df0177---pudozetoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857be834fe5---jabajukefuzulodexevuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/vadisajepetoxokifak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d9191212f6b40ab8d29cec8b2691320/kojobufadifuluxogubalog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085c286977cc---tivajirurezetoximuz.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_off0000e4ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4CA 11044 bytes
SHA-256: 1a068793eaf9f0c886d1a946f681065cddf96e24312a7d752c162bfc6b211d1b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE3E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011650.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11650 16084 bytes
SHA-256: 9c3a4ed8dd4e7819966f1a2b42813407d8cc85788f4316edd2b3463421294fb8