Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15b8fa20329fecac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 16:52:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: fd52651e286e99d18d65ca4f61bfd0d2 SHA-1: eaf0edda21214ea5c9d911d1b32569c5bc216ab6 SHA-256: 15b8fa20329fecac3ad5051cbcede401040478507e4c4f471978035e0d2ee965
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK' and 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicate that the document is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection further supports the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://koyomisushi.com/uploads/files/xamutevakebakaroxetoroguw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r0g8jhkkgsf8i8kva7rvo7slik/wofaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://llux.vn/uploads/files/bekipizumetizimivof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdeb6adee3---38969705457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mm0thcj5b5rfhqa537ta2a20a6/sibip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d53cccb428---dugonarafeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74cf1baaeefed735977913bd2a69299e/dudivibuneduji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/60472199209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aluvascientific.com/UserFiles/file/mapuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soba05.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e830b7848d988d3b6d7727fd96c7ea01/gumeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bishopsalamatkhokhar.org/userfiles/file/6755428776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ffc84d41a5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b25a39f35---muritedesijakizamevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba815dab61---xowokomedirudunajemew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb0f6d7772---58792306537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okna-stv.ru/userfiles/files/70628144491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingatlantv.tv/userfiles/files/vatusek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607739d17394d---63060847939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9ae4fa6ac6---76827292545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f252b9c281---52509387418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvubaove.online/upload/files/64781719635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/jepitotuzigifereloba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f67673452c2---26396947075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd5b4347938dd124f2de42e29f713ed4/zavir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pahsclassof2005.com/clients/d/d6/d61c4c031b0f3af13d3e88110ef3a3e1/File/70668087205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superpart.com/files/43249577416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=soprano+saxophone+sheet+music+pdfPDF 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_off0000df0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF0B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f71d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF71D 18196 bytes
SHA-256: 12adf0f4ceb0b667f1de357a67997624840e490e47e150191589c647f6f397a8
font_02_sfnt_off000125a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125A9 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 2aae65fb0511b12b6e97bb81acd3a56d539e521fb9ea01f51b7016c962ee565a