Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15c029a96d822e53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 00:52:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1340435d479452130153d39356a0e658 SHA-1: 053fc2799429f333ebb703d6e3ca78177d532a5d SHA-256: 15c029a96d822e53a852382cc9a8d7052ace3b676455e914ce39879b149db87f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute further malicious content. The presence of these links indicates a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hill+crest+society PDF link annotation
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b47d7a738---rofuregeniwapebavete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oiseaubleu-promo.fr/userfiles/file/fesuwijulamefumixeguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073aafb31724---vuresulep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81c90a7e8beaf24c23bc3f534ad3bca4/kukemagak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boothbayharborshipyard.com/userfiles/file/20350760984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/falopuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toonesk.com/upload/86029783918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eo1077cuqg1le9qed01hlpsf9t/wusatiweruraropalamabal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9d6a0ba03---34279260312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderieverdina.it/scuderia/userfiles/file/milasotifuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da5fe43d52---35897733704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valserve.in/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gikaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinoboxingclub.com/clients/36032/File/fafonedusexovigaparopofim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160948f08bc2f3---mawokobom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca196c531a---juwekomijutadan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b3a049c05523b5c4011886d6f3ec16e/2137147480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/73172280668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/300622314682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ijg9lnluf3q8fc6fbhh0jk5d97/44015717453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lp9m180sraf8nb2jpr1nrg2n73/99930699270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blevy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/warutiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurekaelearning.com/upload/news/file/20294711233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lt95ajblktb2hqvth4rd4l6vp6/kigotogolotizosejetagu.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_off0000cc9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC9D 10064 bytes
SHA-256: 36d5d2e8c27916a80798a485dc241a54a17984dafbb8b77707d7f5538c144a4e
font_01_sfnt_off0000e31d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE31D 17880 bytes
SHA-256: f32ed9c49cfc2cc26b87d97e28a14c904d282d53b605b964cc34b2444f89400d
font_02_sfnt_off000111ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1