Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f18e99e7366cc688…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:18:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: aff4932cbf0d461ce0c87c0fe9b94a32 SHA-1: 6505dc1a832d59b60cf1c4291bf572127b677a89 SHA-256: f18e99e7366cc6883bcb1175e3a6b273fdfc0931f05de90a0985f4045cffa632
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=inverted+commas+worksheets+year+4 PDF link annotation
    • https://powerliteaac.com/userfiles/file/60322957583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qcdis5j358uqoam16p2hgdst81/68463351471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b064114578---kixipojage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/file/90516864433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9ee56857d5---jarawaxubatodirotuxererox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/podutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d4d023a9517fcc6a3373718d5611786/gotolapeliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elshandmadedesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/novab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuoer.ltd/userfiles/file/xavufaraniviregaguku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografieindex.nl/images/uploads/xiwiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d55a1412fe4---lukirujeguwexofigenilatim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/sizakodolajekerekujobotak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfe.hk/userfiles/33232890284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szguilong.com/userfiles/files/wuvonexopipodegov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c87023db0f9f5efe997f81c15e10d98e/wijelokujewamat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eksan-ltd.com/userfiles/file/80756533325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamday.com/userfiles/file/bipajafafejapiroxewuzojok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbrier101.com/userimages/94767191438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonductudong.com/upload/files/gomoxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.info/files/files/benuladivutixikopujir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dooleysnaturalgas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28957237026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c69b9c74ec---44549046297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160a68d11deb59---tilel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b24684330c367b5d2b1dd6bfacbf3d7/fajanelomomerenawox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/kusagifotugepojagukiwun.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_off0000de4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE4F 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 2a83642c48b577c3c226af0985a85ff1e45071c0d09597853abe8326c0ea6e6f
font_01_sfnt_off0000f76d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF76D 17756 bytes
SHA-256: b41f94f7e2626593184cdc4af53c7df1037089642101f6cc7583658a48b12920
font_02_sfnt_off000124f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1