Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 018513097752fa49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-13 20:17:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1b68dcc816dca9973c153c6572e04d3d SHA-1: 96680df786d07a08a6a282a5dbe7cf9dca109119 SHA-256: 018513097752fa4962c1d2aa17b393e6094ade6693890947ea6408ee23b8a611
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing lure, likely intended to direct users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://nsmpublicschool.org/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/42187454650.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ac6d2377dc073c1f88e6be8542a43ca/jadexedekeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jills.reviewz.eu/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/13419303826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/8907369122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahjygjg.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-8/20210908063257285419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chip-chup.hu/upload/file/48439977430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/33910731263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafegreenwichvillage.com/uploads/files/fimumor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeuu.biz/upload/ckeditor/pages/files/13321283644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettobotteonpierpaolostudioabacus.it/userfiles/files/75822208060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/49808125736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f27299641e---mozojapepeniwoluvarijoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cec-intl.ru/app/webroot/files/file/suviratewiruvofuviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexprikson.com/admin/style/images/userfiles/file/dekipezipelazajuran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekhoron21.mn/uploads/files/kujozaxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134a8468d60a---vemavetigugaroxeguti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://powerfalcon.net/uppic/files/19599032860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lecormier-menuiserie.com/www/upload/files/45107945657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karolinanowak.com/userfiles/file/tetowopubukifumuxatemoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agroanaliz.by/upload/editor/files/japofawumoduxisesiviraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toptenstudy.com/upload/files/BodyFile__613C2B5474695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/25736779330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bca449e7718b15643cb5f897d27c59a/vizijabab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/meselekoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=tintinalli+9+edition+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_off0000cd86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD86 17456 bytes
SHA-256: b97f517c12bcaff7c971b32721805331bbc1a245ab7c6708bd6c1657020c0a61
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB03 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001131a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1131A 10356 bytes
SHA-256: 0dcc449d1ff93f6ba0419c60fc7e5804f1a3b9d2a298a1675be97b72efcedb48