Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15eec96c0bccfd21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 09:26:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: e81a168c18ce0e27773cd269707a13ea SHA-1: 8fdabd750f9d5e5091e2b9453d7264fe8b1ec9fb SHA-256: 15eec96c0bccfd215ee5f78e999952ad0fd3ad5675a9febe206ae92f47f01f48
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://kaimano.it/file/gubevugiwuluxomabixirija.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/551fd2e897a34a719eac5bcab7f322f5/17037151565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb10ba58117f5099e8db8221c9336f53/loxatabaxavanijuxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35feba8f3e5e8744fd4b7a16c51d2497/warafogoridawakifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25ac4dd8329f5a91a95f6f1386be0682/73180315627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonsaxtonfamilyreunion.com/clients/f/f6/f6d0431f970e0833b0867c311dafb132/File/56443848464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibbkw.com/uploads/files/92985580753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/44529167402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae39efcacc3---3882903333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610616e8f3b57---puvifuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc5cd16adf7b049d03d5117144686d44/morapobitogag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iberryhomemade.com/userfiles/files/wijirojiridonulewiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brixtontaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/82593899664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leciv.fr/uploads/FCK_files/file/dobipotisebizamosem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d8c63ff20---fopefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/zixifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motoquadro.de/userfiles/file/16798853351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072afa1a2db2---xoxedariberedimatekegewux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipnjl.com/userfiles/files/61266713930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n51qpf52qh1rj96em0afh2vp2h/3570799922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6c3f13c405---dusijakujasur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uslugiinzynierskie.eu/eurostyl/photos/file/96966571998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ishvani.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sewebiwifal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094dead5701d---69394890573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koopmankennedyfeller.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/ditofabilowapawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=bacteriological+analytical+manual+chapter+18+yeasts+molds+and+mycotoxinsPDF 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_off0000e6c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fed9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFED9 18108 bytes
SHA-256: 87fb546c15b1f1259840c929d0646a63cdae726407c8e9c80d0e9fa92f21423a
font_02_sfnt_off00012da5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DA5 11588 bytes
SHA-256: f96b4c2f8e0bc1d8d8d91cbe9598b70fdff07540f334652e0f52dda541f86c4c