Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a15b1fd0aa53bc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 02:37:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 70b391f9c180ec729c5f9a7907013379 SHA-1: 655d4d1437fbac68fc49da232a84fbdc6b4e059f SHA-256: 2a15b1fd0aa53bc4b58b6dbcc5379ee2fa8a6108ff891b6f4d03240c1456fac7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URLs. Several heuristics indicate that the PDF is part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, likely for SEO manipulation or to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, consistent with phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=iphone+x+unofficial+price+in+bangladesh PDF link annotation
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614509c334094---vomobirewozogafovufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://all-stage-meditation.tw/uploads/files/6139b446040a2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peterpan1996.it/userfiles/files/molejugip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuwaitpolyurethane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53804456575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenvalleykerala.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laduvafisopito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spa-salon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/velesupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ls-machinery.com/uploadpic/files/202109151031086995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalavto.ru/userfiles/file/23096221764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idosekotthonaveresegyhaz.hu/files/files/78985183513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eingangrad.ch/userfiles/files/59699144274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lose-weight.tw/upload/files/39937203368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minerva-collection.net/files/files/37334181616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161352c3fce466---18498493472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.com/userfiles/file/7840664838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bmo-agencement.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuzuturatalozerezetebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediaskills.rs/files/1273865664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://battlegrouponline.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71463721855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classoft.ro/userfiles/file/wutolekelomuguviwiveso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purevdavaa.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/79253099853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132727671233---48419132146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/64397780018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swancentive.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1183775783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ouhkpthaa.org/userfiles/54870032988.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_off000106c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011ed9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ED9 19344 bytes
SHA-256: 3be1001c576c30103cbf77d363b563ed215d01eb2100742ad88b1212f760d70b
font_02_sfnt_off00015254.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15254 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 82533e1e64422efd4f5ce6b77826e42355411f8de6d9865c30b9fb9788a36e63