Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15e0347f5f7db41a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.5 KB Created: 2021-08-14 09:34:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 4615103546126ec11ea7cec918431975 SHA-1: 6e83612a3bb59505eab41ade4c3bb79760e8809e SHA-256: 15e0347f5f7db41ae0ae8691b77502e2a3f51413713cbadd55b3afd4d4490d65
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

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 and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • 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://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd5abbc53b7e872c964080002c0c1538/nujaruxavod.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/gixek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/miluzezuvubajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e612186d3---tanukilobixigimiwifule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5d7a2dc087---99928324554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessibilite-salle-eau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruweresasivefewali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079cb338d4be---lopemek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parfumland.sk/upl/rafupegasaratomawuwubale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72858be4d0ac998dc41bcff9532f00ec/15693743734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d6b22f46929865470679d06b27a2627/29725970786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d398a7d971---kizub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariancozma.com/_user/file/99534736154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610d93df8cc0d---10301671469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasteadmin.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/custom/wysi_uploads/files/35660358092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewhamd.net/upFiles/ckeditor/files/82186298269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/33447751185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b77fd5b948---jirew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalmi.ru/upfiles/files/nidubilisepiniputonib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfe73416358---towanotanududedaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d595d9be80---68849023754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixafilm.se/userfiles/file/20786995303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c357f0652fa16a3962f3aae90080063e/dujowajewikedisevumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4ce1abc21eccae52818f72cd7c397ff/jivabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=kinetic+molecular+theory+simulation+answer+keyPDF link annotation
    • 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_off00013c5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C5E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015475.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15475 10876 bytes
SHA-256: f5e38c049d8703d60d54ab4e63bfee17e9f9a40b57e94369aa9d385aaeac91e2
font_02_sfnt_off00016d7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16D7B 18604 bytes
SHA-256: 385a1db221ac73fd49ed778118f12293a3af3f50198be567db0bd7fccd4d0eeb