Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18fd1b09db4a5384…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.7 KB Created: 2021-07-28 00:22:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: b1cd391f1298f94414b5aadc19f5000f SHA-1: 08dfc374c45ad1dc85bd6c1963f7bf1e92be4b1f SHA-256: 18fd1b09db4a5384087d3c4949fc00e53b4e0fabd79e35267421243121abf6f5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The file's structure and URL patterns suggest it functions as a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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 http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/8952783224.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c18f1853f2f---resikufenif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be78326262a---21826004706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gwynharmon.com/home/gwyn/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vijijazekorifekoruxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbf1cb90739---temixulejulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31q82u184rsv569f1beumceksb/kebes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac20754fdbc---70247434433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79299fd43420b98a4a0afbdef5594fd6/zuzujigoseloma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc9a3414f98f6cddde385e53cdcc0134/5883421665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4a3361a8c---64027415594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnsunnyfood.com/d/files/tolibubomukovaxapivoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c05513cf1---56511310800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d901ef61233ddc60053a0de4ffcd3f3/17921009761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupahatak.pl/admin/_fck_files/file/55637850979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c5b78c2fef03123b3eff2e227857a98/6045721836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdlpartnerss.com/userfiles/file/metukupalowup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37821c60b95bc9c37367dba6b9f78e12/60920191430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h2t0i869cjej2tffo2obvpub90/82289249994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/feger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f9f78628263ccd6436d38db10ab3146/kiwazedifelonibutirinaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5adc42a31551dc87552d09edb3a71e49/64127475511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/47087445547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=manual+alarme+positron+exact+270+pdfPDF 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_off000113e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113E4 11268 bytes
SHA-256: 1edc52a4ea1fbff7ac6c7aa6937750efb216b2cb5067b4d4657dca8d53501325
font_01_sfnt_off00012e6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001467d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1467D 19840 bytes
SHA-256: 401973f67bf25439ead0ecc74c617388b232efb734ba9074d8be397643e33f6e

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