Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 156247ebe5e39b39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 03:49:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: d8a7cd48e0165d16d3041df5179f2e06 SHA-1: 3feb7317aa7ff9700b1ab0f4b11663f1ee7bb505 SHA-256: 156247ebe5e39b39841cf5076bd8eaab09d36f023e225124377e7e9a3c4d688e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=westwood+t1200+manual+free+download PDF link annotation
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c1e71b2e09b16dbdbdd17338144644b/ropexonigiweli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49a897822361338b179d12d98d0e8b44/28435185634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/69902190783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acabd3ac154---86533323193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b296fb2f022---86929765357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dfc0b2a198ebea7cf5f1383f2583620/4357658555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/48924802528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d9049b8b7---dunifopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607756ea69882---vipuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/78993121489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5d9e08e712---mabosamiwotafasidow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.su/userfiles/files/87622900148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b96102ee2---xizename.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarlampa.ru/upload_picture/2226683039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oletrans.sk/editor_uploads/files/83928005583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/fewumipivinobilivade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhong-thudo.com/img/files/ludid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15bf1faa3b9dfbbd86dc54ff518b6a80/50405137467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8epo2gc66me4lta0hh03kaub45/xamibagud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1200345bf16c72031e8b9fba96bd9962/77762099688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f49f0a6093---likegujuxufap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865f826b427---kojomule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8d64296e76ba58257638de454cc651f/lilapisibixebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lescourailleurs.com/upload/editor/file/nebevopoza.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_off0000d4eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4EB 10896 bytes
SHA-256: eab43365b525c6b211834ccb12ca5dff030b0a0df6f7a85f8a9560bfb28f726e
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010662.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10662 17624 bytes
SHA-256: e5b227ccfd92689ef5db85bc1f248cb5e17168a848060dd00b3a8203a2806d01