Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0518b5270d323628…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-08-06 16:00:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 96ffb2bf5bfca3c1807bd7cac1ca6b76 SHA-1: 153656301836c47bb834be0f4149b79becb96321 SHA-256: 0518b5270d323628fdc057a4b9b874fdda064fd8d2c5880e1f89df3f47b439b8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, identified by heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM'. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or SEO spam. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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.
  • 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://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071be23c61dc---14857826073.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://apsara.ru/userfiles/file/zuzajelibitutezav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85169f84395418d6e4cca031c4f6217f/nusexaxowikuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9c85020fe---mubelekisekivodipodider.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jr8v159m31p8o47c9qq0h3ihdh/42209979307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021061620051880554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d55t17bsbiuemlvo99p8v3sn7/97735436147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.casestilistas.es//ckfinder/userfiles/files/52313599261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adainst.com/uploade/files/20210703155959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/nifomiwuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exdebt.bg/userfiles/file/59201950851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210612_90521B619981F9A2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/21680416645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cf0eaa6013bfaf95309205d70e108cb/27341062693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2cf818268eb7d2da933c76e04978723/80978535054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lysgaards.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mosidovujitida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonitomov.com/picture/file/48987399533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76os57v7ihfb2mfoa2e8drd1on/gamemarowevopifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a79ddbfa5bafcd1722e148f23ace4592/gofepomajatinom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syteq-pro.com/userfiles/file/89732940654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78ad1db198fd10dbd2d3a67dc029a292/lifiluromivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przyklejki.pl/userfiles/mekosadarenozumagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=farmacos+para+el+corazon+opie+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_off0000d69c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD69C 19896 bytes
SHA-256: 16e1f3dd65fcc3950f0d28585c67157a43ad84df425df84e50ddd566f7620a46
font_01_sfnt_off00010925.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10925 10720 bytes
SHA-256: ab9404f69f6b329f9c7878ff646b9c246552cdc1023c2e9225f610219d9ac83b
font_02_sfnt_off000121ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1