Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18ded92a854c33b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-10-19 10:22:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 03113a86649c824b96b830d6caa1b8df SHA-1: 59c76c47466614dd27c7451037f918078e7235e0 SHA-256: 18ded92a854c33b25dda8bdd1868dcddff831622352e83ffe3a536d1579517ad
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://nyig.com/files/file/litolavuzobenejebafe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dead66792f---1519023798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytlcases.com/userfiles/file/80100882093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terrietanaka.com/library/files/93808227930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/nesabodizewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zarrue.com/app/media/images_description/files/bivoraxijuzax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pieseautocomenzi.ro/userfiles/file/vuxotag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantarefides.ro/admin/userfiles/file/mumijoxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwhopewell.com/uploads/files/koxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nghiencuuykhoa.com/uploads/userfiles/file/69452878349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcyy88.com/userfiles/file/2021091821294373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koppeika.ru/userfiles/file/29796412140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615939c4c3a94---6376241021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://planao.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35930946375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cavusofis.com/images_upload/files/62615326006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drapa-technika.cz/UserFiles/File/30215487022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzunlarpeynir.com/dursun/upload/files/84572890004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belly.bpv.su/content/files/files/pepigasunuwikigunado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldplastsolution.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuluzonuzike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.canoe.ro/Extras/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49782994268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3df8b34378ee398dd03c5254be9090b/13356792699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x-mobio.com/upload/files/32214515690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/74510350910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vwb.mrv-educationservices.com/content_file/files/20427046400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettomontanino.eu/userfiles/files/kejefubune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0qdi02u9big7ook2g289c4mgm7/27475149504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161509a8a3840d---51336985828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16165d9b764e8b---50950272608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Xvkpad/~3/HTGXzuRVGb4/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+download+for+chrome+osPDF 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_off0000de35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE35 10820 bytes
SHA-256: 23a2fa1acc7662bf24868b5278c7594ab11cf1ca34a29a56de1b37e00c4474b6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f70e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF70E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F20 18056 bytes
SHA-256: c157a3936c9bcdcfdd8cc7b8d12dfccf731e17697f9d6ddd86ee3a32227ef344