Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18d46f2981edb99e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

65.2 KB Created: 2021-07-13 17:49:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5f0a85f5f4f89960231d39acb7ad3971 SHA-1: 6f2a38f56947c0f2a85b382ef7f6eb9bd7475cd8 SHA-256: 18d46f2981edb99e015bdef220bd59a7433d6dedf53c0f260ef4bceec8607233
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs suggests an attempt to track user engagement with these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5121

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://xz-brand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12209244376.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d15292cbb8---vifujiwofagab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d8c9e0c151---fejemim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/nafejomibanumevavozoroja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/62052324194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9eb7e34a27884f6c692450ba63b3980c/9459083446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/79757280345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a93cd5d7ce24376079de8dee7721a758/50575741082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0gc7lhenhcjs3tsepen71l67b/28441841302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc72c5dac53736c59470ef463a0a2ff3/womutirowifiwokut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ce3967f80e7d7ac0e28a711b9014eb6/24751987064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flexicourse.cz/res/file/24384889768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5528b30a437a056c9a5163cd45be8d8f/16768755645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://el-master.ru/userfiles/file/69384252551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.lv/pictures/image/76000686384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://subventionsbetrug.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2j9pj1geroei8i7ko1eodd5ls8/53911765153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hintzfamilyreunion.com/clients/1/12/12a2788c5de59b93c87e4eff35998d4f/File/18468464614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c2cef0044550291b23243bc7e11746f/18874455216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/glr64brmqh2e8qqfjqjuj5p1s3/40821753673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf628a13a2b---tawukonizikopanazanizozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larustt.com/upload/ckfinder/files/tapet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jicnui252brg7jaedu30mgjcd4/fusege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2df0f63b60c92c5636cd085444890d61/ponaxukisiziwejud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfe836672f---pitulazumuman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fc63f58fb92d0a104a4c2501f3dba0b/21637943747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e59a712d23f---23815819904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartstone.ca/userfiles/files/vazixevikapezol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=water+in+enginePDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF36 16468 bytes
SHA-256: 8cc59284ad9978dd75054d9bdc34c83d77b2d3dfe330dd2e66a5e9dd6f95aecf