Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 018a9409f9304ad2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 11:51:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ce0d5c2455e9b901e008fcb7970f1d9b SHA-1: ee6344087e0fd65745c67fe8084250313872d75c SHA-256: 018a9409f9304ad2d319a4d2eec330d3dac6fe353d29d5d987f866e5ae832cc7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://artospace.com/pics/file/zekisevog.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8414524e985e0fe95b47b5e81de752ed/9541717719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102f854d916d---pomudolojipum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7fa82dc77---mapobepikibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61706fe32f95b03fcd1c5df1f048c6cd/zeboxemixulabiwumodexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondaotohaiphong.vn/upload/files/28729969781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a0190474bb1a93bf0b98d9c2efaa6fe/71735073231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de0431c6524---96301026984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giolog.biz/images/bulk_images/files/21795504638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garagehayashi.com/js/upload/files/41568289616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/38750553362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8425c999ab6e38838f7032890e648bf/43271322146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/12518327129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5988f8a931---gifutafepozobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discovercefalu.it/_data/images/file/72045443367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bef868ffeb4213761e01e590a0c4b366/41927730322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketdoanbus.com/webroot/img/files/ruxazomokivezevupolibize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/64277024401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c1738fc7e31e41a4e933c24b5f5ecb1/ponolakilomepume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee68a60feb4d43eabc416692b14f163a/50825193948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/bopigukigepezalik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambredhotes-savoie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81472500028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pchome.uzai.ca/upload/files/lolirefulidebifarop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d34b169b51---45861139962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=chiapanecas+partitura+piano+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_off0000be78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE78 10800 bytes
SHA-256: ce8f08423e0152a39e42ca91c49d627f8400eb49f2ac91fd58891ec47adf55a3
font_01_sfnt_off0000d752.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD752 17148 bytes
SHA-256: 981c6067f09b7b09b9a9f4a7da7498756693465a20e88d7c18fc18a807fd3ddd
font_02_sfnt_off00010428.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10428 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1