Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1513f565140f50b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:16:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f5e907aa98359cd2da5c311cfa372555 SHA-1: 60d38e8c82dbe0787e8adfe6b6addadbdc79f1d4 SHA-256: 1513f565140f50b970fd8a0bef49b72e836f6994a7a6bbb6ff0ae7f97b738e52
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a download button heuristic further supports the lure-based nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • 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 http://vssteel1999.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/15829235685.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzatabc.hu/files/file/xozuvuzuxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.eu/userfiles/file/95284257325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2015.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/deferirebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometutorsdelhi.com/userfiles/files/87298878382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwr-tech.ru/userfiles/file/28306668510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceleevideos.org/images/file/48183886245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161356a7c9f145---67976442957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yotlist.com/uniformkontakt/userfiles/image/files/65697707329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5pt89m6a5ee4r616srgcm446j3/70615608062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tysons-cafe.com/uploads/files/zejover.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/55808307632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daimarconstrucciones.com/images/admin/file/tuvuwibedepujiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://illinoislivestock.org/userfiles/file/jeleme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodottoitalia.eu/userfiles/files/15642396159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuttotop.com/userfiles/files/napijitiwezadoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/pivapumatibugixegokebuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingscolley.com/uploads/files/80246920764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/74582079408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613065f971bd0---poxedewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paradisoseminatrici.it/userfiles/files/33336825852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chafewyuok.handysociality.com/upload/files/62735072774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce2bbcc0cf727af2c810f923a2d2aee2/ruvuximuxipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stigstudiotecnico.it/userfiles/files/xuzururujim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.meditech.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32668593401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+disable+speaker+on+androidPDF 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_off0000e229.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE229 10692 bytes
SHA-256: 8098b9e0f50743844bab3594425b37c46f96aa16adc81818a89f03ef1bf784c2
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA93 17624 bytes
SHA-256: c9cc8c542065b0be0a7f0512a89177e91f9f214a0a2117bbac7372738a595607
font_02_sfnt_off0001285c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1285C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1