Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 618a2dd014f8c8e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 21:45:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f9a0a7cc620c0ba9fd0a9b949582c691 SHA-1: 36d72466b4fe85bfdbfd14f5e0593b89cdef7951 SHA-256: 618a2dd014f8c8e517858724ad0691fd6047e1d16d77883ec4427b74906c57cb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076498d55b35---4801916518.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76070ef0cb42ec81587477f1492a499a/29051566221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c21049l6mj9nr150vfqoqqofq3/12410207371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/36070398569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surtek.biz/image/files/20150121_225845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65cc09bc73---sutujodazajupibona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5f3e31c56f8bd6b3608d0aa96eebb30/razufoxetubavazivun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2bbfac217---fivetegiwakewuberavuzasin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37b0a28e4b97e7f580f587b3bd7c3b18/82176605344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bad77a038af---24712969727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n0ac50c5akp07om1kg7a9tdtc3/bikopatewobavikejesix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c6e339749---41410708498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/17534313581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e3784b0df---luroju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpghollywood.com/userfiles/files/nuwegixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b480e69ee6a---47616420063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namjapizza.com/app/webroot/files/kedeluvesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulgankhangai.mn/userfiles/files/7226657484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab6896491b8e778797bbf90d523d7761/31401480105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/dafabogavuzap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elnativocoffee.com/silver/upload/files/folazeturu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989ed657880---95366964072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/1078764706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfb420a007fef6cd40ddb95760b68b41/92084364709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nuyew.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baa578038e6f58acebddbffb88217111/juwove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=the+office+caricaturePDF 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_off000117cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012fe4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FE4 10176 bytes
SHA-256: a35d8b9a110ce5dcf290b720907d4e9b00dbd149a0904517a9ff84d682c0884d
font_02_sfnt_off000146db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146DB 16556 bytes
SHA-256: 81a61ec337b6da68e372fd5d00567d15bef6d8000f0c397c12368632789783af