Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df18bb36536fe949…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-09-19 13:52:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b74a3dd1241c4ba3bd43bdb455261173 SHA-1: ada9c4b8c67d6a1fb4b2bac570cbaf257c27caae SHA-256: df18bb36536fe949ad5376326f2c8dde74e66f76093a2570805f3635721b395d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggests it functions as a link farm. These links likely lead to phishing sites or further malware downloads, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://prestinoequitacion.com/imagenes/upload/files/1917828447.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pasted-radio.de/web/files/95093707756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rawoctane.com/uploads/file/jarutoxafubaguxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bn-biz.com/userData/board/file/71260381455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejagomelurabeseja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minervatech.work/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90384732961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traiteur-troyes-mariage-buffet-aube-10.blaisot-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wumitizad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fde33e4eec---60119262372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamnanyno.com/luutru/files/wisutusufipifaxaxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613284c8d567d---puxawibopinisatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jungleflightchiangmai.com/Uploads/files/68834115231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turinhotelcompany.com/userfiles/files/toxenuluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unionasset.net/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210901223354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srihemkuntschoolint.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/guriwuvefuwejixej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/34493869311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardatrans.com/content/Files/kevisumigetum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/saraxokiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d824002f766a098f093cdca77cf47982/fusolekexumonelozukiwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.ca/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/xoruboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fpempresa.cen.es/userfiles/files/domemasokuxikag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/255149c3ecaa61b6b5b5b764c8e9f570/mevizilukaxijas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5r8v2ifo0aijktbi8a69mrm8i6/98098633867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130cd7a8f766---55386533261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=area+measurement+apkPDF 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_off0000ba2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA2B 10328 bytes
SHA-256: 3589766734662a20faa4a7a4b0b9f8de1bdfe48b9ba971f52b3929a505e0f69d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d180.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD180 15984 bytes
SHA-256: 2b9073185851108168903642d3b963b7913a4bbf34a1365e72ed3c6e16e4c9fc
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA78 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1