Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f18c02faaabbd3a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 03:45:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 2d3bd1eb9187116fde05f2541197cce2 SHA-1: ebcf277d80c4f97e4eab7530ee3409117caaad96 SHA-256: f18c02faaabbd3a97f5348c33f49b374c7583bf521d5d5114675b5056a549be2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this, aiming to trick users into clicking malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad28077ff76---dimupinewo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d60101ac1---fexemezoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joebalogh.ro/imagini_ws/ritimigosagubijabagobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab85f795a7b16a53d76f83fe44310961/8107367259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8ba793dc3c---lugumipalup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easthighclassof1962.com/clients/2/24/240b89ecbeded73b1ae3fdc7544f4fd7/File/tivage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5af277358---40607220327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19166441803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea04b16ea467533022e67e4ffe2dfa22/41277454557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fe5de9d345b364195516d9ee56a455b/88337555700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lia9vhh1bn8k5fh79ih23ptbs0/33424583117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atkarisuli.hu/userfiles/file/49720081269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotop.eu/userfiles/file/xeferidavomenidavimit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f82fea8cdf067911f5376702143c64b/42622361382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/24563070657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brainerdhs71.com/clients/0/08/084bd9d902c6a1e3ee48703551c87841/File/lowif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2m-m.eu/userfiles/files/41996312333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobathware.com/app/webroot/img/files/fikesisawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49b8ad8d95---vugifetesojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/60301321489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://top-conversion.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53193409705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/fotesesufosogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/mupege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easy2ticket.com/upload/files/91002549010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gowowdeli.com/uploads/files/95695376565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=class+4+ncert+english+book+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://s292376414.onlinehome.fr/datas/imgmail/file/nubopuxirenubiwitiwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e20b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE20B 11240 bytes
SHA-256: fe27009aeef193cd2bf67d02aae6f862b3b6da18f9a1293eaa0690c1ce714221
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbf3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBF3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011405.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11405 18320 bytes
SHA-256: 48250935457b635f3c05b47a8d37f768a8a7dcf23c6442da75fb9680fd12b700