Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 015062f49a18a6ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 00:59:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5d8f130cfeac868dd2cf24e3776d6c96 SHA-1: 50ddcb5fd32416177d5c3a4711ee4a002b447f9e SHA-256: 015062f49a18a6ed664a6e89e0e35dcd80bd1c3524aecb8c93f1d51959729165
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, several of which are hosted on compromised WordPress upload directories. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites for phishing or further malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting direct analysis of the payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6826

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://tutorbolivia.com/userfiles/file/51679587906.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5f8ab51adbca6542cbd636dd18cfe0b/xolunuxenabekin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakesushilakehavasu.com/uploads/files/wonanoxedixesofinumumerab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deleeuwputten.nl/site/data/ws/files/lumusulufona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interstyle.org/content/xuploadimages/file/74256227419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tdbm.vn/upload/files/bikexomibegaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613312c8ea477---jofivaxibopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tjpapigroup3.com/contents/files/82331405793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139ca3426e87---nigidiparusovefevifigiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suncables.co/images/file/bulatapoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f77283d1f6---sularutufeluwume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05d02d9ede53619435acdc5a08072529/83745226024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161479a76a9a33---tibabidapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldpension-luebben.de/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/84600541734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://self119.net/upload/userfiles/2021/09/files/210902192143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaukiaplinka.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44903216978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peter-scherer.de/userfiles/file/bikiruwaxirutima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jszl-rolls.com/filespath/files/20210907095433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesishotel.com/res/wysiwyg/file/kifijudexamupivef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eniedu.com/data/file/20210913171037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steelfurniturecn.com/d/files/16436173971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aan.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dufixotaril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchoggianiepartners.it/userfiles/files/11661860970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+draw+anime+lipsPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d872.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD872 10632 bytes
SHA-256: 379e82d87fec6455f7b857ec8095b9731a7adb733f5ec7b257187910df26ad5a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f0b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000108cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108CB 15988 bytes
SHA-256: cdb9b93b1f01e31fa2caedd1024db6516e4456db653a46b8b0008dead634d4ed