Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15270638071a594c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:00:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b8058895be49bed25479f328afed00b5 SHA-1: 6d7c9d45674c72fdbdaf9baccf46138a7da0d41b SHA-256: 15270638071a594ca1019c041c321732e2696a258f0fd1fec72e6928cee1e8de
116 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as malicious by an ML classifier and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including being image-heavy with a click-outward action. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the extensive link farm indicates a strong intent to direct users to external, potentially malicious, resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

Heuristics 6

  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=24+hour+time+worksheets PDF link annotation
    • http://tutek.eu/userfiles/file/57132636338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9d2bf3eac---54799503632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e30dbdc30af---pajotosipovil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radiopoint.cz/userfiles/file/81532027317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cimkezes.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bimevixanoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://candica.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/teziwegalunopilafuzel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8df54634eb---tuxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26b6cbfa816015e877f819a6ecdfc3cf/wugujuzopikiletadatura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaitinhdien.com/app/webroot/upload/files/61200572126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210816235742537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://top1np.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70602140568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/3529068256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1c33ae74e1---49167770205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psychophonie-tarbes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/futegeduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/il73hnedsh60ue05iflijp1tvj/16862624694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0g8jhkkgsf8i8kva7rvo7slik/wofaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rind4jbpfoejujcjm2mqj9vok7/96025993907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://latework.cz/soubory/mazanininirokikovuzidesut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3370e899bbe5f42fb5a39e0655cc69a7/60526954450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f59b0cfcd29af5c88182510cf1146510/28453648287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073facdf272d---70397492707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e01ab37f60f---91955816622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amadpich.com/userfiles/file/39884367798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd1c1a73f5a1bddc4ceb4cf6d6369a1b/saxuxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69a8eb54ab161b0b6b6ecd68b96960c9/zisivudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverdiamond.com/file/77869754888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be45699eae6---nofugoletabudewoxibab.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_off0000b54d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB54D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd64.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD64 10440 bytes
SHA-256: a58b887e75c9bb320295d74b24d114afd87bb8cc36cb4dceb1517517c969f2b8
font_02_sfnt_off0000e542.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE542 14040 bytes
SHA-256: 207e63c8102ab85576a7f506673ca9d2adb985cb01845b424b837a7f31b06fb5