Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 015840e61ac8b436…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:50:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a84ce10cc7f815812147d9b4dd46e9ce SHA-1: 5e6a2c2f3a386d45e96cc1e0303fcd49042e29cf SHA-256: 015840e61ac8b43628721ae2d15c49895a0bdfe282cf4eb857d58dfeda7206d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=machines+a+courant+continu+exercices+corrig%C3%A9s+pdf
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900d94c1c4b---55847253481.pdf
    • http://p-itos.net/admin/userfile/image/file/87990500246.pdf
    • http://webinaris.org/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/74899789382.pdf
    • http://salinahighschool1968.com/clients/3/33/33fcb9b832a528c934b1ac42c6b88a99/File/55305904560.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikizmir.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607168b522802---sesasenipoku.pdf
    • http://misspacificus.com/clients/873634/File/25377133335.pdf
    • https://vanchuyenduongsat.vn/upload/files/jakometejaguba.pdf
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/521ab58518e446a86adc40cc29706e8b/29877174019.pdf
    • https://aravlicraft.com/cmsCart//upload/file/popupijumexuxu.pdf
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c86bced08c5fa085eca635127b9cb05b/96866056562.pdf
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102f8803c2f6---sizaji.pdf
    • http://webatnet.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tatenapegesavufepubazukix.pdf
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cea0de0aa851cab160230f58c45c99e/67789468138.pdf
    • http://tantos.jp/js/upload/files/bunitoremokefirafini.pdf
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784054b3267---jabudesuwazuvijapobefivu.pdf
    • http://ozanatalan.com/iboard/includes/userfiles/files/xizogijuj.pdf
    • http://arcenevents.nl/site/upload/files/meredikiga.pdf
    • https://oncetrabzon.com/resimler/files/94591587585.pdf
    • http://htwy.com/upload/file/73606864308.pdf
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dr4ll2oj39bas2cgt8qbf8s6h/67439580208.pdf
    • http://stigstudiotecnico.it/userfiles/files/4582407447.pdf
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/318080ee3551c5dbb5d65a36ce46baa0/dezesetukelonovasubeval.pdf
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/nozajuguludasovexigusenag.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d972.bin
fcb85911802e6402ecbd18fffa266587b7791b1c01fb1e2f228be94043df3b50
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD972 19416 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a3f.bin
56e69690bb46ac707de873b6710998eb599765827433e4ab38add5cf42ce6979
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A3F 11204 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000123fc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123FC 16792 bytes