Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15f4789af2b2fe60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 01:45:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 9e2a8b5166c9ba6ba9ccb15494bb7a9f SHA-1: 4c244d38c7057e59e8c3f88822ecf16a32aeef8a SHA-256: 15f4789af2b2fe60c2b17cb857be40156464e5f35ca06f6624f2c423a60d6290
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to malicious URLs or the download of further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=different+types+of+anemia+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082372a04505---454940817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/mewofudigopebesutapiruki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6kpfg4rri86educ5c10jjpaht2/69908547177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d47jk7l5ap2koq02pk0t7o6u2/67165882132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danburyhighclassof1961.com/clients/b/b4/b42d7d7907ff1a67dd6fd366dd3c6775/File/tepebowadosapupokebudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appletechsolutions.com/userfiles/file/78393029858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da1c4be57b8---34299816000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diplomat2014.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62085675946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarauwerdaenzn.nl/userfiles/file/12050585790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ffc072c1bc---76626556536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://campermagazine.tv/public/file/kajosewosonitener.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labcoop-jsc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kektjqcv0q8n4p864moi3s3n0a/900828319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/girifagaxuxewiwijejufap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logisticsnetworks.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50130109917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdf988d6198231ab033b561cf291446c/17325069313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095abb45a6f8---41993271871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6614b62bb0---9034341832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edison76.com/clients/5/54/54c13950cbd15a81e6fb4362eab8f273/File/tasapivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudraconsultancy.com/uploads/files/boviwilijovikunadirul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a5aea6854b3e1d6e1001f6bdff0c70f/16332680821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ficsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d4i5jju96cnoc301aulm4su32/31395088476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3l7hrs4mvp92r4feq0p6559ruo/lowowosafuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/xakofidulidifozuronav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18807397503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/60510852325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e9a78b24e---xusegusasol.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_off0000ee10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE10 17464 bytes
SHA-256: 87dcbbdd97d69500e4b9b0cb037dcef9c98de790d59647a95c723b892beb3923
font_01_sfnt_off00011b90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B90 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 93a7cf25f3e07b42c9da0fbccbecbdd418b878fbb0ec9b06bb98bf9d6c6387c4
font_02_sfnt_off0001343e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1343E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1