Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18ff49af633ec1cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 21:04:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b26d68370640f83b135ee962c88206ef SHA-1: 9bb6ab28c7e54ad649107e42b508db4df9f94a0e SHA-256: 18ff49af633ec1cdacd341abfb336a3c663fd25fa9236d9b25a76180a9d34eae
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate a link farm designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content, likely related to PDF manipulation tools. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+reader+to+pdf+writer+converter+online PDF link annotation
    • https://vibingvibes.com/userfiles/files/kaluzesolel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af8dc4d869---91937633345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mssi7627oj2k280t7207sduu7v/sudupozezibekomadefane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612da982a9ea3---gelorugezenatiferadige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/gedixupojigiwuratidikiped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertfeinberglaw.com/images/edit_images/file/9774804362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1069a53aca---18390037130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dintek.eu/uploads/file/98280436130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julianina.de/upload/file/gapituvatapovut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamotato.ro/userfiles/file/27039288837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaishachuukobuhin.com/js/upload/files/jiselovisuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/94371419288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd1bec941e---8057799728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografoenricogiampieri.it/userfiles/files/mebidivumiwawibogag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uc90922r30ivhojta43h1d14h1/lepafabokususoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c47385d5409---71652656155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://branpc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82300627440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4be17edfe6---38096226654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a53553e131---zuseduviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04184d15e4---nuxitowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607604b8c4c5d---mabalubokefanagudeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610015b17f75d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cpogks4av299ful3h38ct1d61/godatujirizelujazisiduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a746ecedf0d---manumeladev.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_off0000d4c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4C6 17228 bytes
SHA-256: f2797959bdb9184a0d61ae081a4376db6783cc8f4bf548505a53770a82dfe9f7
font_01_sfnt_off000101bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101BC 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 15ef317881048b4816443ff0a1131c919ab7e7dac29a35eedbc05ad5b11512b9
font_02_sfnt_off00011a0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1