Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 518c577cbda5061a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:18:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b2f56a4f31a25350570973da6c7efe15 SHA-1: b5c93f6fa4bcdbb0104a733e0faf76aa6cb90f47 SHA-256: 518c577cbda5061a99f632c16a1999360adc5058e57e538f0ce8f4ddd52835c6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. Heuristic analysis indicates it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites. These sites host further PDF files, suggesting a multi-stage download or phishing attempt. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c917fb37fb---62605959992.pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://highlandcougars83.com/clients/2/26/268573c5102cd00412bac87cee9346ec/File/vamozurowofowel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a772de1fb1a06f223c61082cb9ab2a79/62827454936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://telewebmarketing.com/FCKeditor/file/65300307730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/tidovibigexalanawinus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7785bd3cbd---72557608368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlshixiang.com.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42687562307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieta-plus.pl/userfiles/file/bejojuvokoguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78aa937ccbc80c98d7f167ca29f433db/dosisalunevametulevoroli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayxaydungthienlong.com/uploads/files/files/59476852143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ash-graphy.com/userfiles/file/76640153681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4hcvo698mq6lapqlielrh1vana/32543323587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2c589a15d7469fd3d6a9e0bd9b501f1/43687303215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://egyptlance.com/userfiles/file/doziwejekit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medsplus.us/admin/images/file/zolasiwuponufenibanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb35f69230c2519391c7d9d452c00182/fedexirib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-pointpro.com/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33373463933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagussago.com/userfiles/files/bejaduzovotunebokode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/23259260820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b37762c78---kipaser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edv-denk.com/userfiles/file/81362672103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/au4hj5vhq0ht1g9lm3vvjegc5r/xuvifijigefasotivukuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35802ccf5798b7345ede0d3fcc17579f/21639058042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=customer+experience+books+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_off0000dc5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC5D 11036 bytes
SHA-256: f7b5a0fadcdd47b66d1fad4650bac933162c144c107a84a64b2940f4983059f7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f5de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5DE 17588 bytes
SHA-256: c09323b9def1807568584ae6cb69c40a6e113ef3313701c58694fc6b59d6d7c1
font_02_sfnt_off000123cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1