Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b18077fefc5eede3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-24 02:15:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 57cbbc7988fa84a7bfbabd1cbd690521 SHA-1: beb4fa3dcaf7354efdefbc294312fbc3fe3c8035 SHA-256: b18077fefc5eede335fb1d8f6b04d61b033166edec79d2dc6ae3aa7d84e62261
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=iphone+apps+on+android PDF link annotation
    • http://kazuma.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dejezokesixerulawotawasap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161419d2e13d40---gonemuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/31010597715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.renfrewareahealthvillage.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wojuwovalajis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artsar.pl/userfiles/file/8329937415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135aa7e2c9fe---benage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7360f2ff182e4e795ea906960697e4d0/11834061730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mttrasportisrl.it/dati/upload/file/51837795627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehair.center/upload/ckfinder/files/povutebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac28cfa497e1e43ff284e1f7bf1c758b/59398934244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baocaosudanang24h.com/uploads/image/files/guwigonidosigajof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolitplus.ru/files/file/netawowafofezaparufemasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvolodin.ru/upload/file/69588737308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edarky.net/data/file/rozazomudosojifazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49903824804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexperte.com/userfiles/file/78099505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnetimes.kr/upload/file///bosamumewotubefufunadufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomboy2.com/images/library/File/rujabojoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbnjl.com/userfiles/files/vevepuwafasamobat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabiocaronearchitetto.com/userfiles/files/75455915794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138dc7d81a10---zisunafavava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deforma.it/userfiles/files/gawojakagokokuxoratalekul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://askaudit.ru/price/goxugepewasutaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ctc1kjbqfi70md3otpg3opp33/dufipagoti.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_off0000cb7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB7C 17496 bytes
SHA-256: dc6d7f2b525650295f9d98bbaf0a8193e14801aa361c20d1a89bed1d2d7bc4fc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A7 10296 bytes
SHA-256: 6363c03c6dbf1f5a4299ec50a191990ad751d3e9c0d36e8ce75c63c80842c4bd
font_02_sfnt_off00010fba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FBA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1