Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 115ccf55eaad1d2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 05:35:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: b5a5f093cf7425b4ff76b74ed51223c1 SHA-1: 85caa9eec0bfeb6ed6e302287b7ce7e51e90fd56 SHA-256: 115ccf55eaad1d2c8ebf960a3bf92777833eaff69b9da6c4d3297a5f776dd618
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate it is likely intended to trick users into downloading a secondary payload, aligning with spearphishing tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608613dbc9171---50865448016.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a428a4c7c504db37d42890670f09054c/80228938278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tulga.ru/editor/files/8774252291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://englewoodgrassfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02ee13ba60e73c81c4139ae21304862b/36275556892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daycamhoa.net/upload/UploadFiles/files/pikebitipukufurogigano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c24965e227778ffadf208a7d1aa2f29f/kivuvozefibafapumadekowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tozikinopiwinubabidib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xawoxirudatosisifovut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/360ff8d41e1bff8402152c5b209a1822/59725865237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/508db8731c843d435744e5e1f3ac18aa/77774650900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.buildingmalawi.com/images/uploaded/documents/65178773625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/1079191162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607122156fe18---mogexuvilob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5jq1nvrfrj18tim301dqlkp44/95393578361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089d9854de04---fipamajezejatirazun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carriewoodfamily.com/clients/5/5b/5b9f2fb360c4065436fb7fe1267c3612/File/nitanogudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kme-kme.cz/files/file/wuteduzufeduwosobop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/op8i11ptl32g2jrk0c99ihhr4b/38747312738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biometria.pl/photos_fck/file/14039348606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f3e6b7d8a16c5426c3a06aebbc897c1/fisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartopack.com/Images/file/ridujibafemavisipus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608510221fa99---salaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081825a5936b---rekewekanutilawasefaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdsvieclam.com/upload/files/68070523595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dancleland.com/img/upload/file/3804689362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/sapokezowoxanunasetunegij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+ink+out+of+canvasPDF 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_off0000e474.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE474 17004 bytes
SHA-256: ec0c9f8633cefe562ff5a6aeea7dfc0378b121ea5c165b121c94e2625d7a8913
font_01_sfnt_off0001109a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1109A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000128b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128B1 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 7fa74f073c9e48f1ee93a5fad721e97bdd1bdfeeae14f0e9f114ee340575ed48