Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15fc4b9d6e2f8166…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 06:21:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b65ca291c0da94a4a9e63e9f994155de SHA-1: f2ad57b747399c0657814cdaa06169e9f95609f6 SHA-256: 15fc4b9d6e2f816631425e9acb9a8150d845c368e860a2432edc2bed65879f7e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. These elements suggest the PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious websites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=planos+arquitectonicos+pdf+descargar PDF link annotation
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d004dcf2b2a4519c0e10c89030aca8e/ninikarelepowesab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2295d9bb89---81268139435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608599a045622---wesuzidegukodigabefuraruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80age2amlc.xn--80adxhks/pics/images/file/46539135997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highgaincomposites.com/img/file/2021719145250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3861af32d8ff9ed41cd24e83c0fcd052/timemazenowimikumozojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa27d6afb9---kagexabot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15059b45f9---nerufevudapetojuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascii.tn/web/cgi/file/22871931653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seyrimerdin.com/userfiles/file/49671421155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3ca02d533---rezizedizawotodikigelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatwalledmond.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86764179969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb37ba3971---sefugumuzifoxule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32760508089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pelletier-tp.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoluroforutagubasiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yearbookplus.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/bojipavipopulibizofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/fiset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stonestudio.pl/files/upload/file/mabujumizewajejufixawop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/37301001663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novosib-sport.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4811313004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poolpoint.be/uploads/file/18368928612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/57170812201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.com/article_ressources/file/9961868377.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_off00014777.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14777 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00015f89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F89 21084 bytes
SHA-256: e857d96d935ff3330f8c8c35ae5405cdb5eb362bfb16df5232c45ce698e6e6a7
font_02_sfnt_off0001956d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1956D 11040 bytes
SHA-256: af466ecb3cdba6647003da2ca7ceb55a94e06f9b56f1421f91dcf44853f5d230