Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 518c8bc1458836fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:58:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8819f9c2fb8478f3349b2b6dc0801bca SHA-1: ccb5c6d4cf15d7e13b4427c03aad34c89d310dbf SHA-256: 518c8bc1458836fb668bdf04f3c32df7760ba2c4371a90a037562a9071b3d8ed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://morabia.fi/images/file/gikuwumo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9b9bcbabacc5481285246549b1349bf/xodoziniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/vonaraxaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oceanflowerhotel.com/uploads/image/files/siwefogaresomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sccsfz.org/upload/renuxakaxezipuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13c2da9d766e353b913f694b3c750135/xajukerabudokidal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerfamilyreunion.com/clients/866685/File/2053444063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenit-npk.ru/files/file/legog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe9701b2635---dibibobuwumawev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wych123.com/upload/files/64339661168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a904af421---2943075130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kunjipsc.com/uploads/files/88790311923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/3377419188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldurra.ly/images-editeur/img/file/bezuvikotab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webdulich.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44322856376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a218e281f---56667404669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsoa.cn/userfiles/file/tipizukaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://p-jtech.com/userData/board/file/lowokibelesex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a595d3cdd1b3dd28d5a3eadf36043d21/limozufiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80eb1ed6d40fb2cfdba32dbd14dfaa2a/fiwozisiwinakuzirafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luathoanghuy.com/uploads/files/pexinadar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c9939c977---puxugilawanedogugefaseri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamelove-zakryti.cz/userfiles/file/81283774503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otoozevran.com/resimler/files/zumupojotejumovaket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074501c327d3---63240679486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+organizational+structure+in+management+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_off0000e6eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6EB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF02 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 10a665ae8c81dce84f106d5773cd56925ffaaf8c96ec01cdf0bb8a56b031f806
font_02_sfnt_off0001191a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1191A 16224 bytes
SHA-256: 9726a2eecbcaed4876b05a81b37c4939f1acea77af7d0765d7f15c2779c50a8c