Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15d1b5310d761e01…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-08-01 08:11:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 941953c77c3211b6e86cfbec679da266 SHA-1: e6a60e1c8abbe6be4e74cff1c71e8fd653865231 SHA-256: 15d1b5310d761e017b1961cf9396de227e16ad88d60e7e313e461dbcb0950e68
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=endnote+x5+free+download+for+windows+10 PDF link annotation
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/3906823101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c36a0f9936a---tarijaludupazimubiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historico.uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekofozomenotox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghinelliarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/dalamuwixereso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienlanhhonganh.com/images/pic/file/beratodotodupajefumega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homespakistan.net/magzine/uploadfiles/file/wixuzuvuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609440c05ff36---284504808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikoljski.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fegudof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5bd9c5304d---77397502549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reinforcingourheritage.com/clients/0/08/0860c2a235168fe7e4a745c824023bdd/File/batorubazosasodeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d082edb2a87---fisedutixoxomob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shssailors1969.com/clients/3/36/366f78b21138e0f8005dfe6cc5e09e30/File/26937286370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2457e506a---34223108055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chauphongasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/910o0a5tmnjog9jjtoa6j4sjfq/tafijok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodslib.com/userfiles/files/29637758014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turagent007.ru/userfiles/file/gorawojekuwuvadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/dilaresajixewabegojafoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://due.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50284741913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/pafubonedajufajami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c538a34223---50199745349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84fa6cee52c944a875ed7c3cd8da124f/10452345451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e3cb600561---80274245435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bb80c874df441653f71e5fc8d9626db/95370172383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736b9fb5c81---gilunulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/xujapakojonizorika.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_off0000faef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAEF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011306.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11306 10824 bytes
SHA-256: aefd4722030d9b8851c101d247e17d10bb859ef4978d14ca10f32dbd5dbbd13a
font_02_sfnt_off00012c40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C40 16040 bytes
SHA-256: 72a9ab7681ecaea4dfc0fc0de672adfd571be579be3bd5cac6cbae430fdb09d0