Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c99087291fa2b4be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-14 07:49:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b3638d81152ca3abd72ee99499d9414d SHA-1: 0a15a9551b81c675947a24e57f233ab0501e5859 SHA-256: c99087291fa2b4be9289d23f3c19c2ca10d48a008167c8d55d633274bb2d9c83
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains heuristics indicating a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and a callback lure, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports the attack pattern of tricking users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://wecareprogram.org/images/file/dejopi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ledspectrumthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pimiserokijuzedazox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indcms.testingmachines.com/images/file/bogakunove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.akilciilacdernegi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lexajusuvexaluvukuwozad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specialcats.nl/media/files/purogigubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzzwchem.com/upload/files/11493653817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findusafranchise.com/files/files/kebivekufatabifovusidadan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/60186450698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osingenieria.com/images/admin/file/mexevow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://licorne-hotel-restaurant.com/userfiles/file/lonamezifiwaroxabuliwuboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r075jb282rqi8l2927os6ddjv7/kinipub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jokerprod.net/userfiles/file/bomalesiramukodikinenekok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szerecsengyogyszertar.hu/editor_up/96812280932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139e8a2380a9---woxagajetopiwojatapuvon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuthienphuc.com/Images_upload/files/54347827891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137861527d66---2175176905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfo-fond.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/files/xesasenisizovulejuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirakuramen.com/uploads/files/74685647244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yushendesign.com/images_fck/file/1630973833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bimetoor.com/basefile/bimetoorir/files/gukumufexaranimegad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridadressyourhome.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/toxugizula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turinhotelcompany.com/userfiles/files/zegisovurebar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+compress+a+video+on+android+for+emailPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000dbf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBF7 17580 bytes
SHA-256: e90f1fa776cfe5e0e0e42ce9242b043342a7c024e42679b19f216cd04522c577
font_01_sfnt_off0001088c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1088C 10924 bytes
SHA-256: b5d32608f60b79d857b9cbbece7b67fcfb3f1e09f6a4d3dea1625b633465a035
font_02_sfnt_off000121dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1