Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18700eab754d5c8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-09 22:02:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5ffc4dfc614662d3d78449601b751112 SHA-1: e942fee3e5abd4fb56f47355947cd56384ff42cb SHA-256: 18700eab754d5c8d07671b770aa0f7ac45ed44112da35f3ed9ab941fa1b890f3
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure point towards a spearphishing attachment used to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://primethailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66007720932.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://expnavi.com/sites/all/sites/default/files/file/61961681446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peter-crooks.com/userfiles/file/lodigalejipafeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/pesanogimaxifiguji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychebiengoduykhuong.com/media/ftp/file/78078530874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613049f079844---rilodurefuvobuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc7353512a---nejafunexugebebarezif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superchills.com/userfiles/file/19884422581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemcom.org/userfiles/file/91303051669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atrsara.ir/resource/files/76242076789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.domaine-vrignaud.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puziwadulusesologiwusojes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ef1ef095a6---roduvexak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafepiolho.com/uploads/assets/xoferi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f27de2e3bc---lugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etnorom.hu/pictures/58726322151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/32311348471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139b9db14a5a---99421579287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tid.vn/upload/files/viraluzafuwomipuranubaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/vozejubotuzivuseramemem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.com/contents/files/91579705074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysilo.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vemofujotefuxekitilalak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132fce289721---sarude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biorenta.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85197969198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=typewise+custom+keyboardPDF 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_off0000ecfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECFB 18084 bytes
SHA-256: eb9ce69ff5e8c87084aee551a28a73c4b0c851f6ee61708460327f39b73f344a
font_01_sfnt_off00011b91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133A8 11020 bytes
SHA-256: e2aab2e4ecadc737227854056e237f8f109bb8a9852fbe3d567a86053d00142d

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