Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 215dd86afdb57fa7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:02:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6d5f58c66c6e4cc52a506fe9406d1d7c SHA-1: 7b865f6c76e6fca04a7dcbee929b150bf0f1c998 SHA-256: 215dd86afdb57fa73c0101b3fc46cc8358f44ef855801e574574895765596ad9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate redirection or obfuscate the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=2014+chevy+traverse+owners+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://apsco.ly/userfiles/files/digukawojabuxujiwudikodal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1itqft5o3nfea88brqu3lt9pph/xetokilusajuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/14135509319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608477df5611f---radogitidewovometox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jesssmithtri.com/jesssmith/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xubij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tt0p9o1gb5qksbb7edoug48phm/sixadelejalutebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102d5a2a59cd---sozanegaxibef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cycling-software.com/files/file/dolopekuzibofev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harryfok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83223239185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3b5177d854---nasogubotenorup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bba2dfb4a36---20103420660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c35757cc105---63128885863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094f817d61c1---9406258592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livingkaneohe.com/userimages/rosase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexperte.com/userfiles/file/79994636289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3374692691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2qkiiu9fjq8t49tbkg6v2e6jn/94825638250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c443ac542cb---70678113338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57d40b13aaa1e25312c132f53610bfc9/77827528587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a499364eefe7503fec297b511b46e12/gunovizuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rjbmachinery.com/d/files/2858788448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kigimex.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jodumolasezexumifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8bb5c1750ae96d70210907736511164/43140216236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vodulikiruvoxakonex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzquansu.cn/d/files/nedalikorosopibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfa477c59489cdca6b67a9314f71af86/30791722285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halaljones.com/uploads/files/gijosi.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_off0000e4d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4D9 17524 bytes
SHA-256: 23abc43deced2fe4833682388a136c959e382ce0f8f4138de94b76e37fe9d93c
font_01_sfnt_off000111ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A01 11436 bytes
SHA-256: 31a31cca82d0dc085b3547b228640b5ae153203dce7da50df47c6f7e41d09ac8