Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f918effa6b1048c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-08-06 18:44:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 39ae62c54879edda810d181638c9cc88 SHA-1: 66a0efa60e066be7dc324f83c6a27a5750197e3c SHA-256: f918effa6b1048c0f7c97b6f3718ef179adfd96b160d91bc06b3ad66c8c5f9d7
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. The 'ClickFix' heuristic suggests the document employs social engineering to trick the user into executing a command, likely to download and execute a secondary payload. Embedded JavaScript and numerous external links to potentially compromised sites support this finding.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77798f9b278077bf4acd47feea43a577/14696421348.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://patriabrno.cz/userfiles/files/texufopefeluwefubawuvuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c051010d4bf---gezomipejixirulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsaischoolamritsar.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/9628132121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076271651470---digetipup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simmsfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/98/98d47f1658d09d39d77ba56043454c9c/File/85911051451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehko6cd6nvqb5a8o6h4so7l1rb/turelifafenugotiwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5861018ca3---pefopadofisipazimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/342239ab211d014e43276a8d936879e8/fijipakodalijak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ae682ec0e---94525570447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/th3e3o71lb3hbv53u0365c37ca/xirap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/66234087267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/estr8bui7k4pgodqhjml8aihn2/36456267931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/zavakezixomujik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/383420fab1e4a9545e792a22134496d5/83573487174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roweryelectra.eu/app/webroot/uploads/file/16266243017521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/98320428555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eternalbliss.net/file/xesoworotum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/58622002625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/46940486667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3f54fe4a8a5cae7c930a7c5ffc43429/ropamika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5485161201---wapuxebobumofuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/2776791634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+connect+anker+bluetooth+keyboard+to+windows+10PDF 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_off000105c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105C9 18076 bytes
SHA-256: 953c3641706766c601b604b4227f037ea698b8ecd3742d7046e6c3a0595c1204
font_01_sfnt_off00013436.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13436 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014c4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C4D 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 1ff66c0e9961fbf258f28f8972bbb89c1baa6f9f23d6b72217e06f6f1eb901d2