Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18c59afd401030b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 19:48:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 5981971391c93c87e79d7dad6f78d1b8 SHA-1: 79b9669e9641b1ccd605d73ee7c9a84deae145bb SHA-256: 18c59afd401030b550477b07596bd4e9f330edd6fdcd57b577c904740ca21fef
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. Heuristic analysis indicates it functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to potentially malicious content via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce773f2935---rotidisekowemexudimej.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/an1gquklfdgusb26eoitvpdo18/roromab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b45d190575b---mibelez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/051527f8bb689ff4245d60d7c91f1f68/bubisepibuwukazapifuxuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manualismedicina.hu/fileok/file/83324828405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zahnersatz.pl/userfiles/files/bemobotowipukisozafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanmargholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wizakixezavavuxetejim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b1a74bfcf6eabba49c1f9ec9219e960/kiziwaperevajuvepilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb4ef257608b68a84d1bd87373a51987/40682233427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-mega.ua/images/uploads/file/60797645358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4c768ccbd---40493295033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ghub48mmht1ain9d10bckkddf0/8054402121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/91645256480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/81519576478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/rolukowora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6128778c7---vivojojaporiwuvusosegow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887acc32060---65946961810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mattstergamer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6th8psobkq70pk4kbacv8vd7rm/sozajekasepopilovalof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9j23vhc8r8i4o1en73n3t3ra8b/94729170451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3i2o6dm37kl9c73mh0bds79rc2/68065393081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeaaef01606a3f7a10ae01462e7728d3/tovapozav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf4fab7175---lugixaloxezuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ebe97837a3---roputevunijamejamegeboju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jullien38.com/ressource/site-image/files/dinesakupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calendarsunrooms.com/userfiles/files/47453592452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=religion+in+spain+todayPDF 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_off0000fd83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD83 10624 bytes
SHA-256: e6aee4ea2d2a98bb17a1f08f37209572152cfa74a13e22973d1c7cb3ba747b2f
font_01_sfnt_off000115be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115BE 17380 bytes
SHA-256: 2770c734cfedb708f415b5295dd4ffd370c1ae8c1321f1b7b3bf6c108dcaa13f
font_02_sfnt_off00014372.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14372 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1