Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0c15c2a49f6f1b51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 02:43:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 044ace8fe9e49e2cbd76700a64a4e084 SHA-1: d5b9418f51f25c7bb826e6dda29b738da952ae58 SHA-256: 0c15c2a49f6f1b51683cd08f4e4fa5d16c983a97ff68d79fb1049d0749a1ab61
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF is flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The presence of invoice-related language further supports a phishing lure to trick users into downloading the embedded malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6b2f08aa4f82f5ff7d05ae8e58cb3fa/8836402014.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ose3phgu5jvpl2o3l5p3l6f9pl/vuradagasuxita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walthamclassof1985.com/clients/5/52/52060312c10aa816a718e90a19a6a7a1/File/zoful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071fe8003fa1---98509134527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942be8c17fa---jovanadigomosalebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e86e2f93a5238107488219d01715d13/42644278893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607379980cb11---sakolobiripin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e9fad2d7b---61033196992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e6e355e008---75950997685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9827c0c14e7ddb7c1e967ad3a40ff21e/vafaxulomik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/fobowedik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c15d5128271---90223766971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/xebebekivez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamaconsultores.cl/upload/file/xekirosifavumifugedili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/batege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.rs/slicice/file/fibibitazodute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffefcad1a31e0ee8e7ac3efcd41de61f/57728495042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soportedevida.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rafaxodevelarulil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samarpanbharat.org/trila/userfiles/file/vididanojilamuzururuwome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herculesestateplanning.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/muvusaseleno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dn7n9fd71dqnuoc8a40abrltcj/36059347627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1e2ccedf9---devuzegin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/84558645391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ohsvdnnha19oatdujb0jeh3fmk/fipiduxosanizezimavitox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=rent+and+security+deposit+receiptPDF 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_off0000e8ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8FF 10720 bytes
SHA-256: dfcc64e6f43d725949018a35f4dd7b8020cf90e9dac1da4646af2455e77494ec
font_01_sfnt_off000101ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101CA 16820 bytes
SHA-256: ed44319d7d80f7cfda8d8fbd5fd899cd7ace642b343e8f593d85c6e48327d8e3
font_02_sfnt_off00012d8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D8B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1