Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15e15323edf3a690…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:10:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 84944149ec930e52dada5a0bf7067b06 SHA-1: 17cc1e6aaa02b2dfc9724b735f9b993739722665 SHA-256: 15e15323edf3a690c38940a63120f5508d193e01deac8c84d943242bee414e59
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fundo+posterior+meaning+in+marathi PDF link annotation
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e87db63866---sakena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/pajiwatozadukasoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obasekiestates.com/UserFiles/file/88124627523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solsethreunion.com/clients/f/f5/f56c6d7ba488b74ef40bd02d3fc4d0b2/File/99581285877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/wifogogegak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e702449d60---89282459888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/23475050472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/74296618825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a993e727e36---17929238911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.su/userfiles/files/4643411619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/58349075828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharadsangam.org/UserFilesTwo/file/30193518569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kit-veron.my/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nonilavumenubate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/62342157755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b2aa940ed---danusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/431oots10ubiq37v8k0etkqmlg/92537174896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flexrocksrollovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/258p7hsiet7sf5hcv0v8qdfdgl/lojevod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdbim.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/7922545182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6137f2cb3a19c90dd0eca27e5a6de38c/99639286728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161162dee460f1---pukovigepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ee058554cd4d3235bd0718352fccea0/notexufanafisimosimeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/dubidodir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e775bdb738---valuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangduy.vn/vn/files/28493245563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99dc94a7485a38d3d673eb935dc16f0c/88395092594.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_off0000d34b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD34B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB62 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 6c808c42742eda39c08ed0d19552d210db1bad022c3a671845da59ea6353f338
font_02_sfnt_off00010410.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10410 17020 bytes
SHA-256: a783af763f5b493afd6e3a7a77c9967691a4de68d000b6f4e2e474ebf1ea2567