Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca18d6a9da12ec08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:10:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a74dd5b5e707938a2b3de9d6e2ce56e0 SHA-1: bb65551172ec7ffe36a216d16eab67b53e654a94 SHA-256: ca18d6a9da12ec085b72db974482047a92c5ec8b71fc2fad95e1c4f80223d5b6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://wisewood50th.com/clients/3/35/35ca2b70ae131fa39667c240906a3fe4/File/27793343202.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/degirabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3113419e6a1bb29bd1630631fdb029b6/dosamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lifo-sea.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53660877715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/5111645966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/89190189520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efcosmetic.com/uploadfile/files/kolipekegotixukunurezovaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blow-w124.com/js/upload/files/12379174596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/969aa90d199a2187ef1712526d1ce7d2/6427190620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/59470833374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/62687382479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16209284765902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5557e50805f657c4c7d4f6fa226fb82/85608762930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://formpart.com/upload/ckfinder/files/86575933517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qqsssqn8k85mqcrtdcs6aqv2iv/kusofarukibesejafib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fcksa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97493342222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021052207024121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609108b81d4be---kopemijexisafesejomefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berallebags.com/UploadFiles/FCKeditor/20210813034321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bae4d8d40f1---81764904034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houstontca.org/Content/uploads/files/mupibevekelip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idosekotthonaveresegyhaz.hu/files/files/86101768888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160904625cec36---sakipunowakorurapepubaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antansconstructions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23230313194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/fazewiloxivajokabulogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=tnpsc+combined+engineering+services+examination+syllabus+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_off00012039.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12039 18312 bytes
SHA-256: 106b460e6ee692223a69a01200b89714283523d51b9a35f8c5b7a34e413fe5f6
font_01_sfnt_off00014f61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F61 11448 bytes
SHA-256: 8ccffc99d82aa3d79fc989a196bc370efafb10e6e7c04165fa2867bb8dd5fd4f
font_02_sfnt_off000169ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x169FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1