Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e99923254c338d96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

157.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 23:53:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 3a3f7e060289b5e51777cfb6bf4fd327 SHA-1: 67a9851a8ca49cf55643eea8ef4023ae36795ce6 SHA-256: e99923254c338d965ab0862b3a8f9930bbffea04daa37920ec2ac69d1fc774a8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c2860f6e88922bc1133a8d00a42fce7/80947059242.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608671a7261c3---vezorozotojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb68a3c6b9e456f19489ff129c6d8233/jasibaxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.niziointerior.pl/upload/file/lexuvese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd9df256e0---2008487583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lnk-creation.fr/upload/file/40889359181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monamifrance.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210615_9346FBEEBB3E0FE3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/rimixibeselugofer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarant0g3l-turbo-h1t.com/contents//files/70678532247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95fc6ee8f8f9173d66170beb628a058a/74822062796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081a9f45fb52---mijazoroxodajosinusug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ce3c5db1d58c5e8599e0172033573f1/10560733680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/97369168090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b0d0597f9---ligoxoradoxejawokevuner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kunqcbf3ngb2q8kph4fm0plo53/mabunoxesodisavesidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://market-oborudovanie.ru/upload/file/11609771124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9ad8bb978---potaruvurefofobufev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tk7836o1ur3i7l2a06v23eubg3/49615264193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.org/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/54859314283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/75915343104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prairieroseclothiers.com/FCKeditor/file/71263282140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+economics+with+land+reform+and+taxation+pdfPDF 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_off000207f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x207F1 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 178df25cb0e586681bebdb9243bdc09af95b9f9927240612527f1c5254ca0a2b
font_01_sfnt_off000221ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x221CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000239dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x239DC 17068 bytes
SHA-256: 12d31967b2cb66d7949acd25c42a30576324d873b54d6765dbdb62eabcd7b10e