Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18680fcc6508fa02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.0 KB Created: 2021-08-30 02:22:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b1e3305c0a603f8ac481163f9ace6bb7 SHA-1: 234085adf27dd320ea8e6322943c096f6cbe83c0 SHA-256: 18680fcc6508fa026f8881eb075c8780861cf05ed561df3fa5547db28af6e4be
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links form a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content, masquerading as an authorization letter. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tlbal2lonvsra8ufcl23ugbir4/kuxulewademavare.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088abb271d84---zodujobitefimevomobuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/89669279068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612708cc7a778---62692453372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coutleelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/89952294883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renetravel.ro/images/files/zogawetanelenem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cavalier-hundezucht.ch/userfiles/file/tadilaxidatexagikimobuzaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/59248221855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.physedu.in/newsite/userfiles/files/vuzaramupojudimatam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka54.ru/upload/m/lamavepozijazanesiranab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2a666bbf93---4694621994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roanfamily.net/clients/0/01/01b24a6c100194bbc8678883f3cd4a53/File/damenagororozatopal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bio86.fr/fichiers/33913195639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6eeb97c188---wogaxikivavitabal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608971b482d32---90649935994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71666713334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvit-bk.ru/userfiles/file/97426861168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/lidabefuzepubosiduvepok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/zubegitizabapilagewirixut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://web-sila.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cc287a8c537e75a65d2f23f0b6821f5/96747555504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretunhien.com/media/ftp/file/widexabemevewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/modaxukogolisenarope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=authorization+letter+for+clearance+from+workPDF 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_off0000bcc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCC8 10752 bytes
SHA-256: d350631b1d17fc3847c38998d4a2b4e1f0c22eb3c7bd9c0f6917d7a58126dc6a
font_01_sfnt_off0000d56f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD56F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED81 16752 bytes
SHA-256: 5096030961561707a64b43eff15afa50a2617a812a8b077e8996a9a7131bf8ce