Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c18b1b058e9d0420…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-23 14:08:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: fcfceed15f2732925243abf3277a1ab8 SHA-1: f726505c970d7cdaf2e661e8055a4580f2f721d7 SHA-256: c18b1b058e9d04206093ae2fc8c446edec6ec3c0387348bba72898c3ff1d8914
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs that point to various websites, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, suggesting the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=file+pages+su+android PDF link annotation
    • http://thekreativecompany.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/29980488665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135be67a64da---wobekaxavukiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134fee33a952---pupiwamebitogeledetigol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe3e7169939512b00bdf8caee911f42e/55040371853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosonnguyenthanh.vn/webroot/userfiles/files/sidowazimebexixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c17ad4268d---75988787757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selapro.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82518190524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartech.lv/sites/smartech/uploads/documents/files/kesiluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-pisanie-prac.pl/famprojekt_z_serwera/images/file/fizitotuwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getampedmag.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lurediwojopojinuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-freight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85335982666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://resttour.com/images/userfiles/files/31386885492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmtours.co/aym_image/files/zutaserosox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jipufijerovotexugepitil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://distant-property.ru/fck_editor_files/files/jewobotuzoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/199462d3b6ce28b30f634de605d41cbe/25441030341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movingalpsfoundation.ch/userfiles/file/vufabosijabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhdjt.com/images/upload/File/vazefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bda.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60046976737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwangtosidae.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/94847871371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supportsystemsvainc.com/home/ssvi/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vopel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thsport.dk/userfiles/file/45098780897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/83070284420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crocepadrekolbe.it/userfiles/files/jesugodedusagil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yevres.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80738339623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3qbuy.com/CKEdit/upload/files/92728389866.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_off0000cc3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e456.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE456 10544 bytes
SHA-256: dbdb8010dadb402b6e9e940c974abe202d38d2ae79d1a7349f9b4ae5a8b6bd0c
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC2F 17032 bytes
SHA-256: b7360686614323032d214df6873424d4ebf95b8cc03f385bfbd9f7971fd34fbb