Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18a7cb39f04d1c75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2021-08-19 00:54:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 2b3ef9e1734c46a7c4d69a2aa9480152 SHA-1: 42e7ac0771241ddc3b048b7c8adb8a15941566f7 SHA-256: 18a7cb39f04d1c7500398536de73cdd4323ddeeef6be7dc160700806604707b6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and uses an image-based lure. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 73 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 https://progin.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nerumigarokamutona.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd4a6ce73ba---mevaruvat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fcb5cf51692569ef24d1a6c5a70cd62/tagolezolij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d69b2070bd44eb3f706de82a6e39cae/jexepaper.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12flj6hve7p2p16ltnd167b23q/lijigukulutolipafigovaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26f4a1a95477a7da97ba4cc28d364b04/nuponab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thebillionbottom.com/business_school/uploads/file/35829267778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/gisetagotulatuxedito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8qcihlqqqqocsd8nbsfclh8bp0/jomasogana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59112b37980cab599831a7db86e76bf9/16667882400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/38941826176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safetypadlocks.eu/eurostyl/photos/file/nipirosuvuviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtylek.pl/Upload/file/76765992289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermaktif.com/imgup/file/36257511340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a12054de85---dunojid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suthuytinh.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/26297211579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/banibeginizopirilil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e74f6b8fab---15181505687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lugashotel.com/data/editorfile/63030554017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turdv.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/juxepaxurijalares.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://licausi.it/userfiles/files/72910188224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fonnepal.org/userfiles/file/43367320677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47213c006b20090c7c7afb6d2ea3253f/3307108029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=free+pokecoins+no+human+verification+or+survey+2021PDF 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_off0000c008.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC008 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d81a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD81A 14068 bytes
SHA-256: fe83fd2e1cfb54cdc24eee2a7bfb08109084bb459cd9cbf8545da8443ab34d7d
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB55 11340 bytes
SHA-256: cacf25a8a4bb86f72fa31f1a4cdbe31fc02c06df39466bb14b033cce578a13f7