Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d718d40c232c68c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-10 22:07:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 94962ca0e37ae7dbaa64abc210721c08 SHA-1: 7802372b8f1d2cbd19592f1b6ed45e3702c1ea0c SHA-256: d718d40c232c68c47d3b253a6178d1324b821bae91fc4a82dcc394ea52933d53
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure and embedded links suggest it is designed to lure users to potentially harmful external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://paradisetourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_702318AA75FD2F76.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://skinct.com/upload_file/file/Fl202109031212484174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/rimonaxivifimil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jilienjrubin.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/paloputubezibuvesogago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131098b6041b---27878522938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a5f3a2376---vadabizesopegezen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed56d55191bffcd992e252f5aea49765/14021088195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centrlita.ru/archive/image/file/jelozuzurepivevarib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://embassyinvietnam.com/webroot/img/files/wixovevuvozomawetijalefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinahongji.com/d/files/gilavutoxelozowopon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phunggia.biz/userfiles/file/46664287554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b40939b45d---76434361265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161366f1e2295a---zanesoxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/7778119681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138fb803b6bb---5609985674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pk.mo/userfiles/file/sofevedatuzopotametomudip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161371ba204e75---fobazikejevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138c3c98955e---21511905425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etoprosto.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84571239570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangduy.vn/vn/files/41088946193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/kuvowuxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://preprod.app-nomads.com/ugecam/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17358241644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--espaoldetalca-lkb.cl/var/www/html/upload/file/xelofobofarebemosufuwifil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunecharts.com/userfiles/file/15270068161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=lucky+time+casino+free+coinsPDF 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_off0000d770.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD770 10712 bytes
SHA-256: ede5cf5135abcb7a860e79bdc6bc849d735a3f5919a00b29431225e9ca21b3ea
font_01_sfnt_off0000f024.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF024 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010836.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10836 19024 bytes
SHA-256: 4c9f7bea7c6aeba8d3279f7e58f203cebfb84a9822c98d675cee2ea33e057172