Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18af5126488aeb4f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 09:48:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: fd55284c825a7e3069237d7e29042ba4 SHA-1: b00446c6a573284a08898cc9e8e40143f6bd0097 SHA-256: 18af5126488aeb4f3d1f7517d82c4b75f74988815836cb878d3b2d7091e52319
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content, as indicated by the ClamAV detection and ML classifier. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or further exploit the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • 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://redeyeldn.com/userfiles/file/finebugilabi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://digireg.sk/upload/92474243432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeanthompson.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xigetizepowora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rent-lease-no1.com/userfiles/file/20210916053602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2l69c8n2mf21u2047c4u3jkd90/zatupan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benjapakee.net/UserFiles/File/50685894364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-xian-coat.com/uploads/files/202109130738307980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc20c1cd350131ecacf0ecb459eb649a/digolibimijabuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wildnaturetravel.com/File/dakovatafuxiwopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glearningsolutions.com/userfiles/files/77398773333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coil.hk/upload/files/mepipov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olddieselparts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dosugugibejisubufin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbbg1ddpkdc.xn--j1amh/uploads/files/92514645435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/23768722496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/lapoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/dikuxisitenizoxevexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59f2552b0f0377f87ce6ba2b2eb469ff/43667313302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13941297090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vongtaytramhuong.vn/upload/files/zozaxifimovoxevifapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.com/files/files/12215564293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141ab2141118---72255764882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51171580266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161349ffa3b928---fosipegir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salt17.com/userfiles/files/26740125483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+screen+lock+android+phonePDF 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_off0000dc48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC48 17760 bytes
SHA-256: 205524b6e053f09758f85d2f6d2b84b2c760fb15bdd2c497307463cb96d9777f
font_01_sfnt_off00010a41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012258.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12258 10780 bytes
SHA-256: cdfe914fb38d54e9de67aee41a56b076b5da01c149b67af3a6371c6491bdad36