Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18f4dedbb39e47e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 04:29:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3f674ee4477bfa105b8c7f1a2cfcf893 SHA-1: 1da03d78c18673f320fa9436c77ce1e73fb3f5d3 SHA-256: 18f4dedbb39e47e191b67bd4bf0d53c061261df20bf39941f6a317a216a90ffc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://alkoplast.rs/files/31112337572.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138c25f17d39---31739088115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rimsball.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tamovevegedekoxobisuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c59bc148506c0fea59c9a3a6ba5be877/14503017083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shrlie.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902220911304919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles/file/75914964259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ryyw.com/upload/files/2021/09/202109090510346197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mi-stores.com/basketballtotaal/images/editor/file/95763850893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krantiservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xaposamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132b44fc0bad---pevodugezagawidulasapew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nail-free.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25379573035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eca.or.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66856222650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liweisteel.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38005355232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ede28ad2f---wekizakonetegutupotik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.my/images/users/00000000/files/dolesavep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/majodanugosed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fb22dcf396---64341136681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuinvandecruys.be/file/36871105382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurmateng.com/contents/files/lokezotakogasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chingchia.com/uploads/files/202109101559035914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dazazimawog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kv2fivghbhsf7n6egm0atmua72/94365662911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behbehaniprojects.com/uploads/files/zizomejavefunadagadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zumapitez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tainandentist.com/uploads/files/202109062255271769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=aircrack+android+descargarPDF 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_off0000be14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE14 10476 bytes
SHA-256: c6c0253f227e6fb7aede40a7500308ed7572415a495eea441e57b467cb2a3c6c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ede0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDE0 16516 bytes
SHA-256: 62500c8576ba2c10053ba67b6a7aa7f025e00b8f665d91e29a3a1c64b071d305