Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15a9960f719fb615…

MALICIOUS

PDF

65.4 KB Created: 2021-08-12 00:29:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: dc72133ec8383159a5816c7478125a6b SHA-1: 7795b3a6b86a57255dec72078ce097cfdb7d01ee SHA-256: 15a9960f719fb6153707499255a9b6cdc79f60c42900bbcee46200cdaa4b4c9d
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8402

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://toskov-yordanov.com/userfiles/file/70903584501.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe4e642c009---medemazur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qfa095d59b099mqpg25mdsfagr/3114394890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heureka-cz.eu/files/6621182777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbae4afb74f04486413bf37e67e066a5/18182900512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awkontrakt.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22764357321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailycan.com/userfiles/files/3156694258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de9ac5e3145---21011388405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072eb0853c57---50154102815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proreferee.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/novejokipetiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6b754c38b286d605afb8bc86e5f5a64/28097157147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dailythang.com/userfiles/files/32084578660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/wejumumig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb21b9980b---wesalewubibojaraveve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/tejilonawimuwenijud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/59018987926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fizjoactiv.eu/Upload/file/fijogapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ietc-oman.com/userfiles/files/67043679440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa171bdc253---31743138555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/78946439297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaragozalawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/faral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0h2ca2emrmpdh8uel80r73gfr/27039409512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valsadindustries.com/userfiles/file/38642844151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/judezepowuvomubafon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=home+decorators+collection+cordless+blinds+installationPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c780.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC780 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000df97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF97 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 1976d75519100190bdc66a7b174dd78e11755d6c14cc2b00c62d537d78483533