Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15d489005e72708c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 15:48:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d44a33cca93c64c48b653a804c79b6f7 SHA-1: 6fe05565415f9ff4f293a8f6dfeffd4ecb7bc0f5 SHA-256: 15d489005e72708c7e305a18fc9d3fd693039191fac7fbf46ec47502d09a43a3
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URLs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The 'SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content likely prompts the user to install a fake browser extension or update, a common tactic to deliver malware or steal credentials. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download and execution of a second-stage payload from one of the listed URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+lightweight+android+browser PDF link annotation
    • https://harteron.ee/userfiles/file/gutelagutipusad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autostyle-japan.com/js/upload/files/239041945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161415bcf7a65a---94636206482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qsl8f6cg8s26dip721pq04iivu/vavunuwigonas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radeton-cz.vasestranky.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pazepimisuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezsprinting.com/userfiles/file/33042633080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propertiproperty.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/davaxipajodolozagisoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1943f577ce3a1adcb54c8ec39dae4cc5/15781958287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fcdb799600---vugetizuvonow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettobotteonpierpaolostudioabacus.it/userfiles/files/rapalididexixugopesazuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.loisirs-auto-occasion.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tabuduzasarafusuzazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/84758000520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitsiluet.cz/data/file/fixunugadax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gc-antey.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sivizosamolavunepuribore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://komunalno-vrgorac.hr/files/fufipumotemokali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbixaydungcantho.com/canthomobile2/public/images/sanpham/files/14532323086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kameleonhastanc.hu/files/file/51926594545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/687010632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.forteks.com.br/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/43690236083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeguvietnam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/81708621982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srinivasagroup.com/ci/userfiles/files/renudafuwagiror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eaas-journal.org/survey/userfiles/files/40131405832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yennenga.org/business_school/uploads/file/58826886983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harringtonandlombardi.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/56318759180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tselectromechanical.com/uploads/CKfiles/files/75734095367.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_off0000bb99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB99 16712 bytes
SHA-256: 87cc040493f6e94e35940ad8f0abcbf5c02b7bdd6db7e631fdd806351d19d4d4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fed3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFED3 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 01d73986ca32b4ca0831ea34f003c4a133515745085a9d01e476604371ca1f8b