Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b18911d58f8a3eed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 14:43:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 6cfb2e11d1eddba4cebc43671743cae1 SHA-1: ca1e040c4c6102f20d01149dd783fe08589de0ec SHA-256: b18911d58f8a3eed7f47287c24e7ca5c5954650b0068b8a2ae15b8b0a037ab0b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm that points to other PDF files suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The link farm utilizes compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, further supporting a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 https://usdcp.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/19283933171.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://seabeachthailand.com/UserFiles/file/53360315283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nandeestationery.com/userfiles/files/87779843536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/gepalubusorel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/feberamaxunemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa35f389b1---33813869730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/borokikesuvuxuwepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datawire.gr/files/files/rivusorobenekubameg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dla-pracownika.pl/pliki_user/File/bezuxisasizut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a778767ff42---rusozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lempreintedubois.fr/userfiles/lempreintedubois.fr/file/kuzuzefubobisiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8ot3tv7qqq8o5vhvs4c8n4r48/90141009469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoch-making.jp/js/upload/files/pobofixavasorir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3fd9459e5c987e6001ffde192c66025/3384806332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cc10f30eb507c413959412ce5a9b8b4/pepalesul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210510133253_163514110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160713fc9dcef1---46560293194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae6ee3b90f9a059b093fb3988e925f9e/79148631446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marthomaiticherukole.com/userfiles/file/xopanamewesojakegakova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc1a87c86cd---kopotesavulizokeligoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hih3jqpfk695kbhdb9edr2cvh7/demolatewoduwaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ridsmjvpg0ml4it35h5cvvnks2/vugili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f72ead09ed---1504553502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b420000a187---zonaxaniwotikij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eperon-kochersberg.com/img_db/94714361493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topas.lt/userfiles/file/kolejazebivijonuberewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=questions+you+can+answer+with+numbersPDF 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_off0000fac9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAC9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000112e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112E0 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 779301f1ef401f2481c2cef507ea52d67b01464532683c86c29d15d1ae606de8
font_02_sfnt_off00012c4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C4B 16764 bytes
SHA-256: f7808843bba02df1fa036f721bbb6285f45b9d2ad053da13f8e8635a5901f3e1