Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2e715464e18ee50b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-07-15 18:51:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: cdc289f7ea6a4983463bd803c45527b0 SHA-1: 514b2f344b41765d41880d99630db91907adff0b SHA-256: 2e715464e18ee50b8a36040fd929b2950481c5e7d9073bc75cc28610755d5a4d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classification and ClamAV detection for a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=imessage+for+windows PDF link annotation
    • http://jagatjyotischool.org/jagatjyotischool/userfiles/file/56251005897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a77d350530rjfp872p83hnile5/lasaxixabubetelevoforuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tigercabinetry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/736c13cc769bff812cb0c132eb3c33a7/zepevegokonaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090314bca41d---darovukurobidakigewewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b010adb7a8e---musexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09ba279a04f43df17e786f9d5e19b549/23505666661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/bekipupomimibidapanapipul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160914be9bdaaa---71123435225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfaac6ebaad---nofomedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tarzminder.com/resimler/files/xanitoxadaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laserbeautymachine.net/d/files/95485695440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607743bb97429---19470966510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dafa6629ed---82398372439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/89627502711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5i7ke36kdb1ciqggmbbomeuk2/xajip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma--style.net/files/files/27017386403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--i1aam8cb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d79576991cd0745942996b633f901c1/31886385468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e915b2dc2d46c5d33833be44ecaef55d/renupuxorav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca038120900---badixatukavut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73f907552d286ee8e26fa65fad5edb42/noxifebogapasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4608b1cbba0c3d5376c4d6642f639f9a/86086807980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bostoncake888.com/UserFiles/files/bovufadimaluzizawumed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/117257137660cb3c86d59cb.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_off0001059e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1059E 17076 bytes
SHA-256: b58b816dce4fb6ae22d3d7db70e4bc674cc3ebc8fc0e1fe5891e704eccc3ba63
font_01_sfnt_off0001320d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1320D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014a24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A24 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 760bd8cd85028d485582f06a0143807b5cf685a2629769fc33300c547a907f01