Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a18b63d576f5cc99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:05:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9744730b1dfb05b8707c5abf487d5e55 SHA-1: c9690a6ddba94ca81a6c31ee6c5f097fbf1b363c SHA-256: a18b63d576f5cc990db284e702fa1ae0df8b2bf084dc63b2cc66ffae9a43970e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/97960580414.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chilegastronomia.cl/uploads/userfiles/files/96092257105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevennews.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68869968280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gpaci.org.br/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31324701402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chung-pei.com/userfiles/file/18613668791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dogathermalhotel.com/resimler/files/39489341990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariabilancino.it/userfiles/files/xubelomutaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gazosilikatnn.ru/uploads/files/73721714912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-stainlesssteel.com/uploads/image/files/85623672533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/fuzunalafesuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cabd59c466---14481486788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigandtallking.com/userfiles/file/bogomezuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/46939486084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tythb.com//uploadfile/files/poredufizavitutof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b49c4eac9fd0eea114602acea5ac4c0a/95025138338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pallenberg-busreisen.de/uploads/files/muwuridefudivixevumazopux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2dbf2f78fba0f3c47fd3095ffec89e5/tapenawalulateladovosodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/290255fa1a69011ca7aeb74cc89e1b8c/29528086698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfederico2.net/userfiles/file/83239039645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b369c49b7d0126ea48caf7bf9075b393/15524838316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/punelomojaletib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16243002521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uniformsolutionsforyou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9fab19d2a---49132012922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945f89dc8c7---26330158719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikuseikyokai.jp/ckmedia//files/dazazajagobudapomomepan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=a+dictionary+of+ancient+near+eastern+mythology+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_off00010365.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10365 18856 bytes
SHA-256: 0da0ed2f82506fc935608e2c42d430747da7545c7076d2d340bdd1be0832f927
font_01_sfnt_off00013409.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13409 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014c20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C20 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 40b2281307c56d5bdad708a16ca9ae60f17bd651f080143ac5c428035cbdfe7c