Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18cf5f61353fe3a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:45:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 19ab9c972185c722832cf191b9827072 SHA-1: 9a8d886208769157e0c200681b2e8833b25d7b22 SHA-256: 18cf5f61353fe3a9ba01ca10f4ef18c4f4a8d8873b09c93afab3dd3b2050805d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which host other PDFs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern designed to trick users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ielts+writing+task+1+answer+sheet+pdf+idp PDF link annotation
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed182ab76fb740b2c71432d263f07dea/82961736505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd82a4fcc2---badavatalezap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.seblocation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58661406591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://we2meeting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/72416233302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auto-ecole-acm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97571155180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parzenica-bialka.pl/userfiles/files/56402193402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cryptoshift.be/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/tumopinopujini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17275b90db082db4e719076951ba8158/dazoletiwekafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210813055938754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec1e8cb6e6f715b48c0fa54420da07eb/49622013075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wtmasonry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pebemetojebekigisirox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepainter.asia/upload/files/mezuvajotafuzepezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://habitat3.eu/userfiles/files/51463175552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4pntglgselbjv5fthsvo1v1b06/83967201860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9ba2c6e71---juponibamiwiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f5fc5173a---noterunusuxuletepuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transcash.com/ci/userfiles/files/36360224352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608098867bdec---25569816593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca3df08cab---80638565354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/vobeketukixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kvjikmpouj3sto1qt1u707mp11/55349588341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d3f3fdc0c60d47644003c9d9d91c31e/xavob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/29209383482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dptour.net/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/sigeg.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_off0000ded5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDED5 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 5607acd5477ac71374303790c5f77049f7a451b9fb6f5f62bcd3070d7a86c2f9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010fbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FBF 17496 bytes
SHA-256: 54730eee57c7b0dbb6bf1484ca29fdf46c3858dbe12926558c978004a41be974