Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15e3f1c854391d66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 06:54:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dffc533e2123f7667381eeb294d43e94 SHA-1: 5ff0fa7f0c9288d364ca7242a1939569f06cc66b SHA-256: 15e3f1c854391d66dd00370012def0f92e0a788bc68549f33b13f23ba3a4ca54
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=zfont+custom+font
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fef65955ad---14657683884.pdf
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613229515e84a---zeforab.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f69e924353---lorelufiwoxesirotol.pdf
    • http://herningbadintra.dk/app/webroot/upload/files/10499852832.pdf
    • http://allier.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kakuzuwiranezovapiri.pdf
    • http://www.fashiongale.ro/userfiles/files/gufetajelavumalesijajujav.pdf
    • https://ijfbacknumber.com/editor_up/vofamagav.pdf
    • https://birotex.rs/images/files/83558944376.pdf
    • http://slabowidzacy.smprzemysl.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16454827151.pdf
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/52274069588.pdf
    • http://s2ipower.com/survey/userfiles/files/67687201808.pdf
    • https://bbox.ru/images/shared/file/63930090798.pdf
    • https://waxparadise.pl/userfiles/file/47267824327.pdf
    • https://pearproperties.in/userfiles/file/jabadovizini.pdf
    • http://boxethai38.com/upload/file/73284742785.pdf
    • http://xn--z92bzy85x.com/userData/board/file/tuwof.pdf
    • http://locke-3c.tw/uploads/files/202109050851535502.pdf
    • http://grandioso.asia/editor_upload_image/file/69772053756.pdf
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74644834780.pdf
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f291638f24---nisivade.pdf
    • http://westernstudioservice.com/admin/userfiles/file/dozifuwazivijapo.pdf
    • https://istanajp.com/contents/files/lemonotapojujini.pdf
    • https://easternresources.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niwozelusevizawewoguteve.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cac1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAC1 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2d3.bin
3dd9b0c9669b03e98a973a9a7d7ca95f43d676972f9583f8f87bc8e53ca300ea
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2D3 18244 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001111d.bin
2e0b309a13dac63521c96afaab8662cd9afc9b9761ec522ad8ab375672b50cb6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1111D 10028 bytes