Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 115e59b476d1e7d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:20:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 40f5568bb00dd8a56e18812bbdb48e42 SHA-1: e6a5f115f340c5e3f9eb6eb2d8fcbddd4de8bf1c SHA-256: 115e59b476d1e7d7ae2681dd6143426ac28828ed3c3996cd202f97d0e67ebc68
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external URIs and is identified as a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of urgency lures, though low-signal on their own, supports the malicious context.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hives+on+stomach+and+thighs PDF link annotation
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d97da51d7---lojorufupudaxumilisamal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tunnel.de/files/uploaded/file/sotoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a4513b909---19934415212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6c3f6e2683---lodigijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607861caad69e---34752078814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3jo0fj7ek8o1ovu9vuqcub3pn9/fapafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea6b91e3cc---52469476690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a38c6e8cdf2d621331ad870bf45a7752/guworesinawajipunagodozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/37531533062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinical-pain.com/pds/userfiles/files/kuzisazebitaseteno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1410f8a718---6790526512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pal-kont.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a3af8403dd5e82bd5a59ba1dcb9fd1f/dobovafuvoxekajegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d314bb562---85452308927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/80861970595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/lobofelupebeletidab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beta-rc.com/upload/files/21844797834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/657a370bf31f842b7e5e7c08190d7544/49544013042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa8b4e4044---50116509130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/od2oinarpcvm05kh1hs6pcq3l1/30813241509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b029aa6f91d78a225301ab4dbbec92a/bunagutafazasesiwewepol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matstravel.ru/userfiles/file/3444426732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tongdaidoanhnghiep.com/app/webroot/upload/files/suloratuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://turbooto.vn/upload/files/89896909471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.org/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/jisemixopizuxoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a318ed3d557---65820763942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f1ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1FF 16844 bytes
SHA-256: f40b3e997ba4d688b9ec9061e4b4e8b67709d6e567f2c35506060c23047f4262
font_01_sfnt_off00011dd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DD2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000135e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135E9 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 5e73e710762fdb24381cc03c793575c704ed6f22b6b7b154cf8efc4ccd8ad3e8