Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 918b1fecaff97de2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 16:50:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 26c029a1f0810d8e2baeb90f42900ecf SHA-1: f3ec64d6fad7d9131da3bc8506b17488546309df SHA-256: 918b1fecaff97de2cdfd157865a96f294c0f57c320b939d2fb5704c1afb4af06
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs suggest an attempt to obscure the final destination and potentially track campaign effectiveness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://dobre-akce.cz/media/files/file/lovix.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8e258c4ad5884eaf47b075f5a24cf5b/fejurotadipixuruzovizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26ae2f6703c8f830af792c6dba2079e2/minikujokavetizuwejele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b8fbf1853a---limirowidusafinorek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classtool.info/upload/files/dodusadadepeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b172bd70f---76957058602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/id5c225q6l6j8kq02tbjnchuu3/xunemuwuxonifosizobufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a439879edd1---70822685458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e47b3f47e---93789352537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f932501c8---14723194925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasargod.net/uploads/file/zivemilovajaliwupesivixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/34693858566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fbe333e366d13963eee9e096726afc8/fomozerunitab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6a9e93a68---mozutisovesulazisuxoxamaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairway.cc/images/blog//file/girexabakexija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/netadogelidejejen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/136d96806d57a001e83f9b7ebb5ee08e/maxolewejoligavawama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m6e8djfnd1pjrp2dh8lugise28/43803860372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbwmd.com/uploads/Files/lovobemanat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c43e75520ea---47272084871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d4fbf484e9---43228354922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://henri-ruch.ch/doc_pub/file/80622021055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e375a548fd---gosinoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=oops+pdf+notesPDF 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_off0000ffa3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA3 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 4dfb1eaa7e18a29e2c39f7ef43c13f6509aab0dae9a41632561deb799d788990
font_01_sfnt_off00012ea7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EA7 10116 bytes
SHA-256: a4461c9f78830fec8a86c40d572735e4427e4389cdcff8bb1c0a0cdee4189f25
font_02_sfnt_off0001455e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1455E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1