Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 618a1dfa6d34c7ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 14:47:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 46049dff9d1fddfa9a6a4938646e927c SHA-1: 39e0e51177d97476ee8e59a8e4dbddc12ae3ee64 SHA-256: 618a1dfa6d34c7bac756da675e74899aa130adce9f7ef26ca9745d25ca2e904b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attempt to exploit users via malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+printable+tracing+shapes
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3i17af5l2k5gpsmv8frhi7ecaa/fadoka.pdf
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cfdafdf37d---jugitizive.pdf
    • https://bruceautoservice.com/files/file/tususujimirob.pdf
    • http://maszyny.pl/userfiles/file/viwivafi.pdf
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074842049721---14612492835.pdf
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3f5478eac90093c700f4215b5861af4/viximiregimikosuzebu.pdf
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c03dc57f51---85886345492.pdf
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efa60310a95a95294509913d254ad502/1423540466.pdf
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2n2q872l4153925p869e576kl4/38594917262.pdf
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58kmk4s5qe51vq1lrcqahaetnq/risozi.pdf
    • http://dongfangguohua.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98196230613.pdf
    • http://lhsclassof68.com/clients/73441/File/94316308490.pdf
    • http://skoleniridicu-online.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18851894782.pdf
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/pujepapiruvuwaro.pdf
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c09c4aa7402---65011259878.pdf
    • http://caigeshi.com/uploadfile/file/2021060117174273499.pdf
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rs535mtbm9q0jgdfni6jk5h516/nawigolatebipuv.pdf
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d6hkt0k7cutcroau0rtotos72/kapije.pdf
    • https://addsfly.com/userfiles/file/9972158131.pdf
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744b7d3f09e---zuxopu.pdf
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/mojizu.pdf
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/zisofenaru.pdf
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf2fa32d2f---vufidafakijural.pdf
    • https://aftaplan.com/works/peepsparty/html/upload_files/file/95686036596.pdf
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06se6sr2bok7lit6rvfhdra6id/24339795712.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_off0000b919.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB919 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d130.bin
7503ebd565ad623e920aca399a7795f0902a44f71009107e148229f0680ff19a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD130 10652 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000e937.bin
18b46a841377e02e1f68c85e60d94549fe31942904cea29a242c462b7f6d1642
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE937 16380 bytes