Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15db92fe41450044…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 21:01:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: e3ef9b2c0fb1e4aea9acad44246e5d35 SHA-1: d04011cafc08c830365a4f5a70af66f28946419f SHA-256: 15db92fe41450044e82793101fab451395f69fdd4869df4f40ba0b68ba4b7003
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect the user to a malicious payload or phishing page. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tort+of+appropriation PDF link annotation
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1607ec4c6059c3---2993976361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ea971cf792c30b6df5a2358ecbc4b4e/kixakinunubufof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b6d224115---lubunikanafabinidozeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokyoto.pl/UserFiles/file/vunutakenijararedebuguri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f58e507f73---61962067589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cc4c71c226---gamazona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/xutas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082bc1b318ac---80900987417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/wavomunazutovujana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/fibikutejutulogagawizexow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitolmetrophysicaltherapy.com/userfiles/file/nameridawonajerova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/lumoburijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/76953040173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcb4079ccad3bb2258befc22bd27b64c/77822398320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6aa7e71bdbb48c777300f65fdaacfecb/65541072053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scheiden-maassluis.nl/uploads//file/lodumizilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da04c03b94---tufezem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5719e9ec354d930f57d9e81e96ceacd/lerajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/gunutogefexodejobelitep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf594f2f9c---wunakefikobupaxujivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c8f255f50---42622945904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onlinetemsilci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3fcbaa6ee---60640631075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f46d6664c---21795484309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105102344.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_off00014e19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E19 9968 bytes
SHA-256: 96293a2366ebf32a3bde4fea7f02cc697e2947f79020d5d9e05004dc010a536d
font_01_sfnt_off0001643e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1643E 22980 bytes
SHA-256: 836d5e761ab5d1f013e8b2616cef59ea80a9b231cf1f6f32aaabcd6e368fd8fe
font_02_sfnt_off00019f27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19F27 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1