Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15bce2a7c7ebe7f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.9 KB Created: 2021-07-14 08:32:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 27e2992628277cdc51134be830e883ca SHA-1: e9ee01eef35bed785c09d40d3825f56650a990cc SHA-256: 15bce2a7c7ebe7f961e685a237306b4cacf35f49a161ae8b82b0b1ded6253901
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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 https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=weather+related+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://topoint.cc/userfiles/fckFile/20210627023600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd8201e781d---4132946950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjzjygj.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/5524524511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v0lhfrvbk7gu2llmr4ps6nm79f/kalodupiwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607caa53ea088---66309860053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6fec8e689b---2752528104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chrislahoda.ca/userfiles/file/wononibarunopisebaropu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070be6695f54---limugozin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44ce6cb45417af1cfa90bd4d68ce6e4c/legigawil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b00100a1d0---355482201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14d90753b48b61f1d16f40f80d2500b9/zifunezutiwunewiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbb99f5c2eb---malowoperuwarokulagiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/48834188103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/fadafiwuvatizeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cvul6t8gc93lsn5t7dclmcmccf/75916262737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084a7cd9893b---juxukerogepuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silverstonedevelopments.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51622467145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asokmontridental.com/userfiles/file/17391434143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1ae1a84a11---litut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081bd065cb34---tiwanefeleso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0bf7d86d6c---75165628381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/dupep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/731448461fd5ea387caaf559d7681279/wusologupezazurozifafega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9bdb33004d435647e778c9ef0721046/7254960613.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_off000108ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108FF 10668 bytes
SHA-256: b38f566ed396655091389e93b5179e5dfe804b624f060451b4d92a16686844c3
font_01_sfnt_off00012130.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12130 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 720ccfaf0fb151a01198d620e64b847133827a7380bf0bb599b306d848961a6a
font_02_sfnt_off00014e55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E55 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1