Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 818cc3e728b47e05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:48:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 189576812d7f19d40d1b9ba942581d0a SHA-1: 18626e1bcd2c74eb5d98db92f9276ebee778e7c9 SHA-256: 818cc3e728b47e053db358548a1b33e45ecb324376f14e3a22815a824daded3c
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external resources, some of which are hosted on compromised websites. Heuristics indicate a link farm and a password-protected archive lure, suggesting the document is designed to trick users into downloading a malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://shuswapladystriders.ca/userfiles/file/44621400191.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lg-palette.com/upload/files/53726719580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/51304852931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c2a21b42e969a4223e3083d763a4997/65370995603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084c44b35129---67039100808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784f39a0e94---16273058286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gabident.pl/local/userfiles/file/61878182219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eca60bbcaf6c5c53fb218465dae6edb/nojozis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b97f0a7283a---xowobatak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacecinella.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/rimumudururimeselosoduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d0047431d---bizubuvijubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quimis.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lamegimalitomejiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c717345a7907db6c0c8635422001d2b/porikezon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalipublisher.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56668733875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yakutiaprime.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/gusebaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3714f36c220d7d9451fd753557e1812c/86828250660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rf0bjbl2uonbcmnhpll60katjg/nekupap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kohphanganhotelandtour.com/userfiles/file/39362349974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traviet36.com/upload/files/juxudizusojolobetelovib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbff-bygg.se/img/files/fifaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orig-shop-gsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sodulezepuriposurex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sport-jicin.cz/dokumenty/femujimezokenobefosevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=download+crack+version+of+pdf+to+word+converterPDF 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_off0000d82b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD82B 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 762a690ed3dc80d64feca7b97bbe1f5164410b4b4073176fc59824ed0eb9f09a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f16f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF16F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010981.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10981 17912 bytes
SHA-256: c290e2d6087f97638871a1a98402618f3821de7fe298ad82d334fb54c45fb870