Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f18c00c618495323…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.5 KB Created: 2021-09-28 19:15:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1b6756b21ef58ff43e8878bdb03f918e SHA-1: b31b070b2689c36a4d7ad38ba5fb77c4760558af SHA-256: f18c00c6184953237981c2d7afff9f8d5b39eb2dab0f1f5f73207d97f219dafc
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a phishing lure using a screenshot to hide clickable links. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/japutinos.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ncfc.com.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65345576486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispecom.com/cms_dispecom/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/77548129330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-life.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3099098332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161492eda754e4---85171384523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.lu/userfiles/file/gazigusupemovanivosebil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410ce4955f6---95057091262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traffictkt.com/viking1/uploads/files/gavirixowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiande-global.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29700312365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/modoxomafizabikolatez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/damerisoduwifig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144c9eb64179---nepemipimewew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://girl0229960192.com/upload/users/files/wubumuronagexajaxoragis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parkettworld.com/upload/files/62741254851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaisonland.vn/upload/files/58532576380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aesyq.xn--p1acf/files/file/89222841868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://epgeptech.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skywaytravelandholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56316857412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614f63da4e8da---kapikofuporalol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadianrockies.ca/files/file/dadivasitisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blccy.com/userfiles/files/51180086633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m0jjem3it8nrkopl2og5rni3it/bawiturere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://52fotki.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76518006064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vngo-cc.vn/cooker/public/files/31115004515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebbers-schilderwerken.nl/uploads/files/10693067234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=chander+pahar+comics+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_off0000b3c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBDB 14400 bytes
SHA-256: 486d3ef5bbde798849a8d0aa672c0618df653c6f66b13dc6b4689d90da03b44c
font_02_sfnt_off0000efd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFD4 10772 bytes
SHA-256: a9d541652696808cd0fcb58800cc980510598f7fd6369b8cc24e1a84d4373276