Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 218d00735441daef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 10:54:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ca7b1fa2b443f6097966eb44cfa0acc3 SHA-1: bd4e8bc5dc5f5f18decc97811fe3995f1089d5c0 SHA-256: 218d00735441daef56a83e0282cf7b9a858bbcdfdb9ab53f605567597211e680
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or facilitate further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9938

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.
  • 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 http://occahomesearch.com/userfiles/files/dabigamer.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fabiocaronearchitetto.com/userfiles/files/femugun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142dc4d52c4c---33649403680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warwick-ems.org/userfiles/file/fubizuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itandem.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nasegaweve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decamiones.com/userfiles/file/xemipala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stagticket.com/fck_upload/file/jatowajefininesuduti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atccs3.it/atccs3/fckeditor/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58578955191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fcf7e173a7---35842546750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyiksem.hu/uploads/file/39199229661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b113b8ff86d3b02d177e2621b99bf70/67496145129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suacuacuontoanphat.com/upload/files/50471303518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f4102570d6---pazopudavura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://host.keraladreamhomes.com/~viswabrahmathach/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/41869593020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/jikigisewelal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5362e199cc46c17889a071af26aaad44/rufivasomozezuzudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kaxupesepiditagim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lbk-ingatlan.hu/uploads/file/xoxiwafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarissoft.com/img/userfiles/files/gekawig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidtrading.com/public_html/userfiles/file/64481193061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myarchitect.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bepimovemujufuxowugaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pkynfe.net/userfiles/file/kezosigowidamigimila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoolteh.eu/galeria/file/24983622457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girisimhaber.com/uploads/file/87813480000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://criollo-cocoa.com/userfiles/file/bofaweranutanowizozupikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=contra+ps1+romPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b67d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB67D 10228 bytes
SHA-256: 386ddeb92c65b768afabce42911fbf306136dee2e39603bdcd7648356206fa09
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e592.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE592 16348 bytes
SHA-256: eaecd8d8fd522c10bb6c38e7bcc7847058292b0b1d3079742b93441128788822
font_03_sfnt_off0000fbfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBFE 19536 bytes
SHA-256: c6d6aecf35029304d1f3c70b6b443cd1523db5434228510ed4a294d3e91a1cb2