Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 315a78dbe0ca4233…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 12:13:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: c122f12fe700b2f3ee8478b22f3823ec SHA-1: b6acf8e30dc2342e3b483b045eba01172ecf8470 SHA-256: 315a78dbe0ca42339458c6c19f4349b88c32b81c71c09002ce167eb543625a24
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm directing users to multiple external URLs, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/1895947325.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a52a39b90ed7977f8c4e09b4e5840e1c/kavogiboloxunafimekezow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/15291199611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoandtruckrepair.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/48392946510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/wokodugarikilafitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retco.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28383403836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polyalpan.hu/_user/file/liwilubor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonelektro.hu/files/file/10694947809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35d83485d3591c4547aa06b2f05b06b1/71772549366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05cdpgjho4p7pnu91fjvve1t59/37286144983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aisef.org/uploads/userfiles/file/file/33093107722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b0bad2a3a---takemulawulegakufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59d8cab72b06565f05457e63588cc8aa/mowitozawizikegas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2d0ea226e8---debuzolezijebazaduvade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd21a6b09e1---80055808872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47665d9f9733faba101859955411390b/298625059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/unjo54tkr5apo8rotrf9c41a71/buker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/52313013932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarauwerdaenzn.nl/userfiles/file/pomiwawetajavatirup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hattjgtfk1k1tras5t51bimfnq/1956556584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b1268dbda---2484837384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6944a22d22---25716599573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c18b1e097660e02751f13d689a07627/ruzedumamimetopuzemeponop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cfa66940608688338a9d4f0dfe1bfed/29562863304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abcfbd1e79---27486764926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=androgen+and+estrogen+arePDF link annotation
    • 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_off000122c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122C8 18164 bytes
SHA-256: 0ad7226f3da01acb988725319d71082b20abad3ec966f01d2ebcc4e770a33dee
font_01_sfnt_off0001526a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1526A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016a81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A81 10268 bytes
SHA-256: 4066bb7ac99b673c890ddb187976ddf0e2ba9e1aa4963c834997e18a436000b9