Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 318f552dee549944…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-08-04 17:49:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0f0e19f5be6ea952010f6190ac12cb45 SHA-1: 2b381746c9e2128c1b71e735bd71655e1fd86e1d SHA-256: 318f552dee549944413a8ae171275953483ec7bd5a0024e46d15fb72dac050f6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'link farm' heuristic further support this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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 https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qj3uqgk0b2f72j2t3n7dganva/7413077321.pdf
    • http://exito-opakowania.pl/userfiles/file/14063581305.pdf
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea1498073d7627edae4ecdf50a38ff71/sajuruwazolor.pdf
    • https://pavillonwohlen.ch/userfiles/files/72028786105.pdf
    • http://kadernictvo-svetlana.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/nexefuwirufujuwo.pdf
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e6380a8127b6b51dc9097e22caabdb1/mejebopesi.pdf
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160daedc31f74e---93171303175.pdf
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944fdd94a6b---89550769820.pdf
    • http://digemnd.com/UserFiles/file/purepepatosu.pdf
    • http://karat-dobremiasto.pl/userfiles/file/raxeboleremiguwixewig.pdf
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d646059f3cc---semuxalumokufosefudiku.pdf
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39bb53d3d3---kinofopabek.pdf
    • http://marymo.ru/uploads/files/23465170377.pdf
    • http://jakebenmd.com/clients/0/0e/0eef9d569b11303d075d19626cc6f958/File/93826657448.pdf
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c958f081e3---34853745908.pdf
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tizuv.pdf
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b983e658a78---rawepikureze.pdf
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/53154024050.pdf
    • http://eros-arena-reutlingen.de/eros/userfiles/file/dugenesugoxuva.pdf
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf08125c01---wosuvamikenojuselo.pdf
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/44279870812.pdf
    • http://bangtaisay.com/uploads/userfiles/file/vusuketigadogavinugagamov.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=siklus+hidup+fasciola+hepatica+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fa84.bin
a8b1a4157fca86f0bdba75606b673bf79eddc167ce9b4fcd923502e8af57f855
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA84 19048 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012a7a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A7A 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014291.bin
91d6f66c4f3552d696caed0bb4adb6cbb34ed1d93de5d6b71864e0f52a6f028b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14291 10780 bytes