Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18c12cd4a049ef09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.1 KB Created: 2021-08-11 06:27:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6d6e5dbfa9a06ed8fc72e11124790c04 SHA-1: 0f684ed190a652987ffdd2bc8bac017f0d196d83 SHA-256: 18c12cd4a049ef095e49677513179d2d1978ef91c2656bcd85229770c56e0534
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs indicates a potential phishing or SEO manipulation tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9889

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=plants+vs+zombies+mega+mod+apk+no+cooldown PDF link annotation
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de8b9f4fe6f---kadonugexanurazuwixubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/79389326687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muszempilla.com/files/file/puzuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9df4acde053a8e0dbfdb7bc2df05d8e/29219014656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcffc5ddb99c15004e148ea7c0d50083/57536192812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huefpdf.org/upload/file/83096533718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c82a568683---76303933555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bf984638f3f91a1a90b06fd8463bd2c/xuriru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/kitikuxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/sajonusifib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/412c1f7a90d35c9b7714e651e843f7eb/78962942922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/528d89a71bb90039d77de91e4289023a/xazulodotazifujaxevixoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eff56b1f20c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adae2e0d68b---8279697093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jesssmithtri.com/jesssmith/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wedudazujogiribima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ost-fogging.com/upload/files/56649774825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095211f812d1---ridagotar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ostrichpharmaceuticals.com/userfiles/file/8433355957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60d5943314832c8c59efa1f138efcced/64257569579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/kumunisinelukakitozotob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cfb41c02a---14465438997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p6i9qkgsr7g9ddhad8g9cvkmp4/zekevevisozomebisew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8b125addeb7ecfbaa497a69c536443c/38884862761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/vexexinanudosezuvofanat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eef603b1de---jawupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engineersclasses4competition.com/files/others/feluvodadevebiwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000158d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x158D7 18072 bytes
SHA-256: 4cd29015869faeffe17e35f7542cbfbfb02bdb446f11ecafa37c4b7c23ad156e
font_01_sfnt_off0001885d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1885D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001a074.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A074 11200 bytes
SHA-256: a8188acc7f97939bb9f3d0455371dd0afb77b0f96f927cb63409ef116f6ce745