Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d18c38330ab3209f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-08-13 23:44:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 940cc98936f1bdc11495358a63266654 SHA-1: 9cd6b2e9db2489b5dae70e3446f871f48265e06d SHA-256: d18c38330ab3209f74c8fb2d30add317c3b82feea47e1670ea6d4bc69faf76b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4k4f9ujqihqijn2bbih4fe1j02/53516597418.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160babb18567f3---nawipodizirikolexosaxadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cce79a3ec---20449898686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29460413c7a7d4479f79e8b991c1afae/15305942545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdivigado.hu/userkepek/file/43552960620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anaminfo.com/attachfile/file/81737963579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78b2bb454c09a124307e1be476eedfe5/mexeluvidizibovib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7f3e41e9e8---3951600129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hevolta.com/upload/file/10432096933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de43f68256---3779004471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c72e623e41a---buzupupebazikijuwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a518aaab274---ridelebagawajakasexel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqu2a3gpetcmupdhhcv7ov8b75/zetawinizuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapcdn.space/web/img/podborky/files/pevuxubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac597435c2c371dcd51e9445aab2d1b4/82340954597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be108ac5d67---notimosozidasexivovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a7e32a1b9917bbaacd46970472de8c5/rotoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgtuae.com/uploads/file/3401968296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f05f52dfc0e4db8243ba45280e0c02a2/towagusotijej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5ddd9c3a6e---78849953003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/28234288976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michianaorchidsociety.org/clients/2/28/2832e32407c795c8d28ffe68102aa18e/File/pewuritogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babamore.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210613024206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be2f841ac7---69155957203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=vidmate+apk+free+download+latest+version+2019PDF 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_off0000f0a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0A2 17488 bytes
SHA-256: 0b41545f26accfc24ad9ec47166a3371f34eeaab5370fa26e61288a52d1d48cf
font_01_sfnt_off00011eb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EB8 11332 bytes
SHA-256: a5850edbdea274c52c43be6ac593740caa814ec3893365b4fa74a59a937be0e6
font_02_sfnt_off00013982.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13982 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1