Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b99debc522d54c02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-18 01:34:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 2d9a346182146cf54b15cff2e55721ad SHA-1: b40d365c6930371c09db06deddbb2a932fe05a3a SHA-256: b99debc522d54c02308b89eab7b4c9f174e4146c9cb2848775adab2da1929bb3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+does+tethering+work+on+android PDF link annotation
    • http://tomboy2.com/images/library/File/39181913829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/vodix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f5d6cb57c5---beruwupujumotovibudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bravo-hk.com/userfiles/file/figilalolanodajudisegeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senseoftourism.dk/userfiles/file/2786531103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carneiro-sa.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rabetunanuxesoxarefek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vistobrasil.net/uploads/file/luwararodolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teeintact.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/file/81554708959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/95143499973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161363e2ea9bcd---tofisobumez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aacd9ddd81ebe0a9b8708af8e127ca48/56569573610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostex.sk/files/articles/file/xexare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euforbiabulgaria.gbinvest.net/uploads/pages/files/69446169546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thibangoto.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/2363043438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bongoes62.dk/userfiles/file/18925163406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613825359a71a---77962262290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jin16888.com/userfiles/file/zenazavetowesifugazisufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133475a8cf20---91513343476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yigang-lin.com/uploads/files/202109090716382034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/neremifutiloru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portofcrotone.com/dati/upload/file/xesopuvamevesopoxoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozhencherrymtc.org/userfiles/file/dawonulubal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomdythai.com/userfiles/files/43548572904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fvv-hohenfelde.de/sites/default/files/files/32186701266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d35e4efa2f---tajedopagigefizugido.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_off0000e82d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE82D 16756 bytes
SHA-256: 60835bb783e37b73b118d9a02aa4d512f0c3513089154f6bd7ece90531ae60c3
font_01_sfnt_off0001140d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1140D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012c24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C24 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 9fa2ada2b3806909f226a28e6c01cfcd65374ce2901e752e2ea7e0bf75aa947a