Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ad18fdb8f5660d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-03 15:28:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3d4514feba922aec9c2afd9cbf874377 SHA-1: 7d62be08e2c7db01362e60138e56fd6202c087bf SHA-256: 4ad18fdb8f5660d21945a63bbdefbc4a08e86409d57dd33315fddbb8341371c0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The file's structure and numerous external links align with techniques used to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://densayhongngoai.com/uploads/userfiles/file/kasosolenekujuz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823c0deba2b---jijebivago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7ad0addc1---48530176111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://togeltop.net/contents//files/devado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccaef4f804---86009986326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086115ab4982---45795321261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8461c695d741d971d69972349b39996a/9486902884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eb38c765571e06b8787118662dbdfc0/zenobodelujomemovawubujaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78419216513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/rifibedopebitujorupal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a928af4b55b---94125362756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://global-product.org/CKEdit/upload/files/64170097400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e2bf4af77a---bewerizabogarejonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de3jq6opbbvt5uhc61h5okjrg6/narofulezatotopiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/530191e1b3bf30e1fb51871afbf99666/mijedivixotiwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b694d7697fa0b5d2c8bb4120ce7702b/fikad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd263f217118ff6d83bc5b0831f78a08/deveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/88690059689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kp5nrmjfu4et94i228trhakeap/bevafonobaledivomijiviben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b920809c4c6a75358b7799bddc91af7/xeparireguxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210617201054_a2guct.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chhsmahs.com/clients/8/83/83f479e57a8bbaec88b4a04d821ef24e/File/xijalokibijabizapipunudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fb20ea9504---18656781930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5g6nb4abtugjtae93p00bhucli/55636821362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conflictfreeelectronics.com/ourprojects/chowki/UserFiles/renuka/file/wilotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larioenergy.net/uploads/file/nuwamamaxokopemotapem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=the+linux+system+administrator%27s+guide+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_off0000f763.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF763 11260 bytes
SHA-256: 95343d7c61cf2f52279752792701e725d1788ef86bc528107e02a0c4e718576e
font_01_sfnt_off00011175.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11175 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012987.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12987 18252 bytes
SHA-256: 495aef1cb03bd4e2979eb5dee0cef0e7f4456d192fb491ed8c815b05dc54b737