Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15f22bb24abbaa34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-08-02 22:34:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 82699ab9a24c37e2e670c11e381f0cd7 SHA-1: 329d17b3aa9bf5317d8199e23af0f9a9744fc15e SHA-256: 15f22bb24abbaa344b595c9424bc9df9cd5405394b1eb9f742f61adf3d231f67
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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 http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8gfp5gbfbdvao1rg0atgf78kp7/jumogaz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbe5a0c715---29877496729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f051d4197cc69cd790e9900ef3c415de/dokimis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076244c0e701---33082166918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/soucdk69k23sa3k5inf80fkdml/dabixubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artenika.pl/fck/file/31662381922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandraharris.com/clients/36054/File/13069584599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deryalvincotokurtarma.com/userfiles/file/55990880372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b55afa1580c26fb274ddcd81cd7780eb/80543263633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parlagame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vavalomaratudojefag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e0c611d81e---zevefesurozibevuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/89427997991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/komilulibiwajakixaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f647c6486e---74939546677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2ade03a915---piwip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/30073345059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160969e446bbbb---tudatunesuxegune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607703342fbf4---lebuxawipufuweju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vijyaiprismcrm.com/userfiles/files/sopomipupef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxbrio.kr/files/files/94740418703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4ch39r73mpt31l5f3iokgvdg2/11314978280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094f9d30adf7---29763551208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=punctuating+direct+speech+worksheetPDF 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_off0000e1f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1F1 17400 bytes
SHA-256: 2dfdf5ae3dfae16902109cfbaf6c6e7b214ed76dbe8b7a5cc9e0cdb921433068
font_01_sfnt_off00010fad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FAD 11024 bytes
SHA-256: dafa7ddd988a286ff8a694e8dde8674d939cdcaa1196c8f49a2607c5cc90d447
font_02_sfnt_off0001292e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1292E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1