Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15c5b309ce8d63c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-07-06 05:44:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ac63c0934543f664469e3dccc1b29f46 SHA-1: 638962f26a41ded0ff58d549ff5db964cccc897d SHA-256: 15c5b309ce8d63c243bfc15ac1af3fff7614f5f0365f54e609466da19868bbf7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=black+and+white+image+to+color PDF link annotation
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57b4d2f6d3---33144168748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca7048bd933---86060117077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0rce28r4q2nok19migps42edqn/73379292155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429233233106797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wojno-stal.pl/pliki/file/kobewetarimujitujixunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/ketabunitogesozuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benardoutlite.com/admin/fckeditor/fckdata/file/45675841262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ndgai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ro90niampo8jkmg3fl4qm9b194/rosexeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608783d448644---bilimupelowokilifevob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429031117604642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55abf2e1ebb729247209e8f8f5710531/zaroxebaneto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dbddea97fed406f5a3d005251d70569/38069535683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/jogumufijadaropemika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c34cb51109---dumisuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac860a852c6---92374624991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/vomegeruwikafadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717f3e43b80---1904262336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/fibakewugenidonupojapet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af816c52a1f---zotomotati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac07b084024---bobosanetorodefave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b784ca0fb86---10049724508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l2sm713u7j1fkr1qms03oo4m03/nunazelatovabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/14501431083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28495415350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cyuanmei.com/userfiles/file/bigemagazudenamejanalu.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_off0000f659.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF659 10880 bytes
SHA-256: ec6409368c7189015a3540034a688c5ec94911141f4ef9ba16c8bc28610b7c76
font_01_sfnt_off00010f24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F24 17296 bytes
SHA-256: 08b41dcc239d3c4cad3de7df320e7f729bdb6401552edf3417f2782979ffffe7
font_02_sfnt_off00013c53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C53 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1