Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 218edea93bbbcaf8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 21:34:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ba767c9292de6bd8f3ea732d98b9ddcc SHA-1: d4cc268c791268fd4c881f190236dc330563b091 SHA-256: 218edea93bbbcaf8d43f180b6ec1780a964c2e4f38af9df7ec3a8e6f01efa02f
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, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=logarithmic+equations+maze+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.celso.org/download/62575561620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab95bf0e19f---93092759495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37c4f121cce5c32b0ef094d1f28a1b4d/bomug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080afff1d436---25319285855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imhyuk.com/imhyukeditor/userfile/file/vexedejinopifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607435aed8d42---39949268520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/jupurotakukin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077974b88043---malasob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terwaarde.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69790128939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rioairporttransfer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gagatutafogap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suchanekstomatolog.pl/files/file/raripek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kabvo8bkrgbtrpolciudpr5vo2/49276707183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betibg.eu/webroot/img/files/51850241192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/kaxatarege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bisenzia.it/userfiles/files/74913941050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paradigma.bg/uf/file/75094584503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/makor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daisin1977.com/js/upload/files/76208452790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/75243425987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c9ed1db84---renisuzaselavizosijifile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barrau-philippe-sedeco.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42456395017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lujilumenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1e9184650adbf4b30860d44c1e7ab59/18727024245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodegoncriollo.com/userfiles/file/18015114132.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_off0000bdcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDCD 11284 bytes
SHA-256: 056c38763965f7f904dfb06a2c84f53a486bbd2ab7e267dc7d36f619bbe76868
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7A5 15856 bytes
SHA-256: 4b5458599e7d815d5c32374d35d1a17068d4b01022b27af9c5d54ae827cfeb77
font_02_sfnt_off00010056.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10056 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1