Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1520b0cec048e92f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-10 13:30:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 86d085b180c84cd8e355b04b68d231f2 SHA-1: faf80f6703e4dddfd0dfd10b69e6a0747e15fdf9 SHA-256: 1520b0cec048e92fccbb003b82fddd07cc09f80625cfe2d1f0a7732217153107
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, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites hosting further malicious PDFs. The presence of external URIs and link farms on disposable hosting suggests a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hardness+behind+ear PDF link annotation
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fe287e9c19c1cfece3ec7be00d4da54/28009603271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/24096740577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b86bfd3b1d7---nobikosog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/keperazixaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37592aa8d445177bd54149afd2fbcff7/relinozuloxopabelize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4520b92967---dapip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abff90169da---40423823577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43a447a6f88d2cf7bb7caf688398038a/netitinag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04180b4bf4a8a182dac2e7f1e1be11cd/6286972952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa2330be781---63940932679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f209cce5258f71cbaa385e32cb639f34/fofibikububepof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad1b839501f---lijanota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d6960852f---15151493515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ronniejoymemorialfund.com/clients/1/1a/1a75100f29d804137a154ca93ef51a80/File/3214512798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/62648901455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2918a3f247---duzoxaruxuxusebavonagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szolnokepul.hu/userfiles/file/96966474002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c8dd038d5d73da2a60dcf1a28d5e2e5/80908321297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3bf71f1d4ab92f146c36675506e5deb/tumarokotifidibalavirora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyldkj.com/luodan/images/userfiles/file/3488138595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e138f9f2fd---wigodekagedisufokuwawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/rezez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099541f1c014---58686745047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/11348648673.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_off0000fb76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB76 17460 bytes
SHA-256: 33ed0abd6a7e39cd88338401830bfb86f8ce105f87d8a8c217cb5cce9d560a65
font_01_sfnt_off0001291d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1291D 10212 bytes
SHA-256: ff2729252216fef35b12e9b79823ea2f5085b37f2e0a69963ae0d419aa2b1307
font_02_sfnt_off00013fd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FD0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1