Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a18bcc2e468dc39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:44:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 33b442e3d7da7bc3a69ae49ca7cdad5c SHA-1: f5bf9d32ca828de5aac711eaaac5144d2864a8e1 SHA-256: 8a18bcc2e468dc398de5982406b17e415610d80ec2b6f358fda9ea03f404fa1b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or other potentially untrusted hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically identified as phishing. The file's structure suggests it's designed to lure users into clicking links that lead to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92660e16cb2ec213de7e5b46230a4a79/18631827991.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.cpnatacao.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10129782457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilsungwarehouse.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/musonerubozobigezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac99be4164---70090211397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608294d860f79---semobategogex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://microsolder.hu/userfiles/files/bilabus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chasehr.in/userfiles/file/wefubarizitipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/89244328543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a1a012c4a---79119379751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6481eb42b5---gisubinixafufajewepuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b168c1aefd---8910723193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipsyclinic.com/userfiles/file/20210714004500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107a2b7891d3---nakuzafebeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a54970e2045---83483968857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bauarch.bg/files/ladipupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc0e60c9368---85504028211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/ranilobura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetuckerfamilyreunion.com/clients/67950/File/2826638515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bed415003dbbc773fb4ee94c14e6592/58203403359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/balusoradipiveguxabik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62306678577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9ecfcabda---xinaluxegebenefitatol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a5productions.com/home/a5pro/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16928860480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/636570f856b4823ff5b83256c1f4f723/70529858227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalestetic.com/userfiles/file/guvize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=cbse.nic.in+sample+papers+class+12+2020+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_off0000d944.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD944 11096 bytes
SHA-256: dea4cd6e432859662d7e800bb46d90bf9632f6d680390139c9cc49fd165b2ac5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B04 17736 bytes
SHA-256: ba9d9f3d5e96b0869e3c5db364848db7b4d7b557cea31cf06fb5c78d65f982cf