Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18af94d65b2b449d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.8 KB Created: 2021-08-16 17:21:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d5aec02f7fd7f538eb05b1815d8669f7 SHA-1: 0f8b2ee22b4c05b0ee961ade3a96bf9f5c987f99 SHA-256: 18af94d65b2b449d0bcef34adf5574bd0884fdde2aa2ba8475ee44eafe5b2874
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal that the PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites and uses an IP address literal in one of its URIs, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL findings strongly suggest a malicious download attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40f528bf7509877f5aad327d678162cc/zotajiwugexomimurud.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/67271653657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjsyrj.com/userfiles/file/9452430707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuepancong.com/contents//files/tipafimuratejozowuxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hersheyhigh1981.com/clients/37302/File/37627128681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impactpluslearning.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaxogikanutesabap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608770a3785ef---96082314801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d6aede542---55508327962.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://appletechsolutions.com/userfiles/file/7459564501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irisapp.cn/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210803/file/16279576579109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e70cc6a2879---kufukabinubewoxaxakabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53af1c67300e4d9a3a8002b8c855b866/guwiwewitusazof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotbamboo.com/file_media/file_image/file/66411838930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/jufufipobusarijax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021052216330273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e45e6ea94---37312786742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d038d56e454a58563d4dd86a7975a491/11647523506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flemingfamilies.org/clients/8/8a/8af36a28baf44bfc7b8a7004fb4eaede/File/lupuzakemijiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugyvednok.hu/userfiles/file/76485413947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6310d91e6bda00ea9a8be2bec18c0171/bobavowudizemawan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haciogullari.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/mutareritav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nosolodespedidas.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d04e9ca6c---lafereditipefusufuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spalovnachemolak.sk/userfiles/file/gupeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7c7feeaf4---vewoteleladepal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=core+python+programming+nageswara+rao+pdf+second+editionPDF 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_off0001127d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1127D 11252 bytes
SHA-256: 159cb3235c3b5f7d7283ed2ee1852001d1c1923dfad83440df39293edeab36b4
font_01_sfnt_off00012c9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C9E 17908 bytes
SHA-256: b5abb22e21f7f6710ac440ebc0879a6bf3250edd073ae0226fa627a9c2e99a09
font_02_sfnt_off00015be1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15BE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1