Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e99557e07e78fc2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 12:57:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 70b7d671fce3c770c3458b245f440d9e SHA-1: b31c3695c3e75853d5bed17a1a36a891d303b494 SHA-256: e99557e07e78fc2e0eee8fe3771d9aaa21eb52c034d17fdf7038b6a8fd0e3f26
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct user-facing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074fa40d9425---zulumuv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/zumosoxesasuzurekobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ef2f297d9---45466156302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/sizodeliki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dshkd85ulu12fhldismn1l2h5f/34880723590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc3b78ab24a---90111725649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tlou3a9nv1hvvfmu8751upsd4q/40728978983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/66661121931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d469031d212fd19077bbaf1497e5be1/96702130526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b5bd44d02---84571404866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e70c5ac10a0128a8c56b4009b10f4605/65681199718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rikixakarixudolope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5644198b7b---35322101113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasyo.net/files/file/9775253367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlukesmn.org/clients/17773/File/23709605792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bec23b9554f5c37e71f72c757535300/90365912534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c95dd7baab8---72043750242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca3414b94f---89044077589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomedicoveterinariobellucci.eu/userfiles/files/47986906602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbnjl.com/userfiles/files/jamibowerasopixer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://85097781.com/upload/files/21846025752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9n6nabmg674cbg4rp95qlmnfhv/95442291499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/wisaxikir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szekszardportal.hu/userfiles/file/23951240501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5f5d3123aecc40e92ba5b32f9482694/biwawulufoxidarepinav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=fresco+meaning+in+englishPDF 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_off00012d25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D25 19556 bytes
SHA-256: 2119f2773758cfa9743db36ab0a194b3bf3cb899e4d3ce61b71aadc45d5f799c
font_01_sfnt_off00015e44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E44 10556 bytes
SHA-256: 77bdedfc3fe26aecda878f0e60683dadf53e3d2484aaf717f4453c5fa14ecdc2
font_02_sfnt_off00017612.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17612 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1