Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15af23be3906e9a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-07-15 22:05:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: cd2bc52e07e32c04a769540eab900315 SHA-1: 6d1b7fc3844486a62c8f6f8f082cd144be45fdbd SHA-256: 15af23be3906e9a36b8ab51b8347d0903f07a788ee4768796107928544cec996
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to potentially malicious content hosted on compromised WordPress sites and IP addresses. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The obfuscated document body and embedded links suggest an attempt to bypass security measures and redirect users to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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 http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079f0bd28caf---36059161824.pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e837fdf18b---51871256647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bf8e37bc41712d2bd0e872eb6f50bc5/99324104982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssanesteban.cl/files/berukot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insfilings.com/skyzone_classic/upload/files/64893449692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gesas.it/media/mailinglist/file/70041438295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krossi.ru/images/content/files/norogowunafire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/74894394262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloc-immo.com/images/39392861369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalwedding.jp/images/blog//file/bamuwarajoviduzavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66abe610033f113d17c15ebca729acb8/vupaxunoxavira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160811b834cade---67297123980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blatt-gruen.ch/files/wiruketapove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d3e2199c2---12518586760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamdard.com/hamdard/app/webroot/img/ckfinder/userfiles/files/risafoveborupejepevujiwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d309be7730---kixunolexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/36157818284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents//files/supuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cordovajewelry.com/images/file/31349628278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35a5ddc72524fb58af1ac1aa8728e4ee/jemidofowamibolupeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radissonhoteltraining.com/userfiles/file/67423334215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5v5oigo3g4gmtihupfmgsbmv73/vafinez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uilco95ihus98f11hs5ueg0s52/21216999185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c1ac706a725c72fef9912c4dc536d39/dodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096dc1a4f38d---99012881961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8ad6d4bfb---xotokamekosowomabuxedatol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=small+bowel+infectionPDF 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_off0000e9a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101B4 16628 bytes
SHA-256: b8af6cdef7657b6f86ca0a0820fc5609e6bfd1717a317951c0e1f8473f5ac5c0
font_02_sfnt_off00012d17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D17 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 2e098c5574b7170289ebf2414ab234db0bbd0030756d15734ce7b8396cbce56d