Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15e20a3851d513b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-13 09:05:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: a18d86d3cd4c0c5c635e2ad92c0a4073 SHA-1: 81b33edfe52d6f7fa5dfd766eba105944843c16e SHA-256: 15e20a3851d513b291f03b4ed6cb1ae289d27db8dc0c255c6702fddfdbb6e569
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and a link farm on disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery via redirection. The presence of embedded JS suggests an attempt to execute code or redirect the user upon opening.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=relative+clauses+exercises+with+answers+for+class+8 PDF link annotation
    • https://techinnsrl.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/bivexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34077136040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mutamobilya.com/images_upload/files/rusavigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campfun.myhost888.com/upload/ckeditor/files/12882544328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truckforceone.eu/upload/editor/file/41118783394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balaton.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/zebugivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://risme.vn/files/julovalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia.eu/upload/files/9896064531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grapes4u.ca/sites/all/sites/grapes4u.ca/files/noretobepumokaforumekepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a7d43abfd8---15488557180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/kujofoferix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/790c52f935af571659d13ddb84d7068d/6806959772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cu-hinothai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42942013815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datong-travel.tw/upload/ckeditor/files/20210913060118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613eba9bed214---47713737205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinaconexmec.vn/uploads/news_file/58780477581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://branchennachweis.eu/userfiles/file/fonivibugosokupebidupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telek-trans.hu/editor_up/23960324637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tabbanbros.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/upload/file/sileputabose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/18465433486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://littleitalypizzany.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/35732246727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startbatteries.gr/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36366561159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzatabc.hu/files/file/nalawisiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcompany.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/vinonasuderategovezipoja.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_off0000c3ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3AE 17804 bytes
SHA-256: 304d9e858517805a7342bf9af7f29e4c09b7598c2ae1b8759c25907a05f63bc1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f21f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF21F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A36 11040 bytes
SHA-256: c5393184ff0743161cdf30dcd909b82c042e43341835cc5bfa4f90e403411251