Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18bfc35b4f1053c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:17:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f493defcad09d5f3189df1f800783eba SHA-1: 2e681def4d86a6bf699e5f54c13fef3c99c40211 SHA-256: 18bfc35b4f1053c418672e611f7d5bf5aaf78dfa29bfabe154883f172f60ba1f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, strongly indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous external links suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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.
  • 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://fractinvest.com/uploads/file/57490251898.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0a6a6269e8fc985ec3f657b9c195044/13240834978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/164c954e883f132790f68833f00143bf/xitipupolaparidox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsnmmaterials.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/6762349567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.net/contents//files/37498567280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/81701578781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharmtocairo.com/userfiles/files/35514430202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lingeriedediva.com/UploadFile/file/2021081819472073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmawell.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33212711770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richiefamilyreunion.com/clients/7/7d/7d03816b951c94fc7c065ced7c7ccdcd/File/fixuzukodugubabuzezagoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d517f7e732---11376507048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dffb51ef1401ee83a6eeb3a9aff96d1/40170344192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/goxezopale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ac5fd3455---vinanivubebudarig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a0c681cf7---91971744236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607462aa1cd5e---mutidinexutufadas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panificioilcavaliere.it/userfiles/files/kupol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orangerun.re/photo/files/42676983450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://termocity.by/pics/files/19580819663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fc-junajted.com/upload/datoteke/fafuvikur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaithompson.com/userfiles/file/86947487462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ukdd9tngi7jc35a68od79bah00/davemakipuxorafop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb0942f75a---namiver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93eo1vb9mvh8n637qrludlc83l/55177089986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160955eb763d7e---vosurenaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610062eb25a27---11864176335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=pg+trb+economics+syllabus+in+tamil+pdfPDF 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_off0000fee8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEE8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000116fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116FA 17564 bytes
SHA-256: d09383268d993738c043123defe55502c1e4c395d06fece0c30642fc1b14ce94
font_02_sfnt_off00014515.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14515 11316 bytes
SHA-256: e1a2b6711e6c8796d915095f263d8d1dce9b3088a1329d0ab0a7f221ccfb3167