Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15a1764b1eacb8ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-23 17:46:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7bf7ba900e8caffe81b29aadf46d845d SHA-1: 12623a09e1d3ca41d6bb9b32f69af5d1a87cacac SHA-256: 15a1764b1eacb8ce7bf7fffec64ba5aea54a9bf58a3a33a1d14dcf41d7fa09ea
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to various domains, likely for SEO manipulation or to host further malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript streams suggests an attempt to execute code within the PDF viewer, potentially leading to exploitation or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://srtcivilnorth.com/ckeditor_file/files/38762272107.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://saigonservices.vn/images/uploads/files/towarijazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virus-safe-zone.com/ckupload/files/33468748433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemalipics.com/panelamozenunotogarafofod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101eyewear.com/luutru/files/favosodemukubewowemes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romanschatztruhe.de/img/files/52952512682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlssj.com/qianzi/upfile/case_editor/file/leseme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenlandpark.com/uploads/files/zodomekirunag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orderpoet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5235138122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africareview.in/userfiles/file/83521257156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xetaihyundai.net/upload/files/lobelipawofekisuveluraxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://war-old.its.vn/new/userfiles/file/fubewavesazapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americansemitruckparts.com/d/files/rokiguvanugabibagufefum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ed202960be---88202514922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horkolas-gatlas.hu/ufiles/file/83189667238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comlark.ru/userfiles/files/ziximidolituto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/949a78e4d1f61019f489572465c7afc4/68640144699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21709028687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e2fc810ffdbe535ac582feb2be05328/91766379977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134d7fd0b592---kogiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cascinamana.it/userfiles/file/gazakisepomeligepovigit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niwiwepovanabovire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbgnfinance.com/userfiles/file/53808166306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=best+online+games+for+2gb+ram+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_off0000e1e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9FA 11012 bytes
SHA-256: ae8085ce855b21b8a54ff30051dc908d3ae903a6d08cb5e79b99fb18d12b8c42
font_02_sfnt_off00011369.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11369 17624 bytes
SHA-256: 92dcfde1771ea77e182844c19a6c6bc83f4d3df64c17431da499b8fd292688b0