Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 718c3e4f591b1645…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:29:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0e56251ca13d4e4482070c8f42147182 SHA-1: 4fc71d43dd9871ab4a634349dc7e33727bb60468 SHA-256: 718c3e4f591b1645ecea85e34085d2c3826e6658ff8bad05efe53e61b65767d8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate a link farm designed to redirect users, likely for phishing or to download further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tenenbaum+analytic+number+theory+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-15/20210815230004560342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/040a712d3c0fe7524b14253ee778cfe7/72926721356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoprofi.ua/userfiles/file/38038572515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handsonmontessoripk.com/userfiles/files/75125081753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kc4rh9kq8sap5mpfqbk2egnks7/83341368864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysidehighschoolclassof59.com/clients/867562/File/88410676760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021080607171767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starkhigh1972.com/clients/d/dd/dd83d6d7846a033806cdb512e10d7d7c/File/kafizojepudefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aaafipco3bk8gra3b.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/file/96343765676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccsup.co.th/uploads/ckfinder/files/kurosegakasefuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tunhuaduytan.com/upload/userfiles/files/5061430612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuxevefukugivitezoras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8a46f0df09---dulobenipituvum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inijariku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daliruneberaweruvof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sspvjd.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210818_C2FBF04480446C48.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bosch-service-center.ru/uploads/files/43785150955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-cluny.cz/UserFiles/file/nebixuxuzigewazitawer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xyoaa.org/sites/default/files/files/15737967378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d33bb244a7fb53a81fab463850888d16/45980335713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f7290d2eb1---9422597786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8d230a95c---14411304913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/11483787085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9acbc676d8---vefagupox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8af9719e29eae9ca85ddd0625fb4558/8592769786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aceitedeoliva.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdda6011147d1d246ea9a09e3024197d/vijisawemutumatoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ty-int.com/files/files/28417578690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fc66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC66 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011478.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11478 19408 bytes
SHA-256: 4bedf6940e34ffaa9e9a569a544f56f4a922a1910b1ae9387fc7eb9754a68817
font_02_sfnt_off00014689.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14689 11036 bytes
SHA-256: 8089dddd5ee92c9b2610ab74841bd04f0f0cc156a88c3f4151d87361de8a4158