Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 315afbc0e4b63553…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 11:20:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: b026d55d1c034d6a2e07dd09c5f84381 SHA-1: 36d1a690483b777582d30460c39d7eebfb402e01 SHA-256: 315afbc0e4b635536c7b668687c791454a194b9b3f8d2b4edd84bbd711338855
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, forming a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external links suggests an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious payload or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://termofriz.rs//files/49115541224.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/17506165189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a319c7d8f436548a6db877136badda8/zofurasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotronics.vn/userfiles/file/zudevabixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c18483cde9---31968365928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcf79b3e866---30408119320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahyadvere.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/58329722999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/jogopilejeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaid.com/public_html/userfiles/file/bibiwurujuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c80c40c34a2a7a7f57f75990f9adb9b/luvawanetukaxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1eg56ha83qp1c5t74d6nm83oc/48221041028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatminhtrading.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/85270221173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607800d3a6b9d---93219766419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murphysbeads.com/clients/54316/File/18433175804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab71cb6e9da---41116891492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1f85654c8b---xewaludisarovon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59d4d6ac7f20dc77e6f83c46a8e24ece/linefejidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738c76e3053---litamuwojafedideg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/42322462446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/5838751340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harposwebdesign.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/74898171111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/370cuf3nbbt7vjniu42s6aj3s6/30743152418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tn11ukfhidhvemo6puorv5lhko/63428102425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=silverton+42+convertible+for+sale+by+ownerPDF 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_off0000ef39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF39 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 3d6fc1e4d60f2f814d571e1773573b2ab59aca4b37bef4e7331e24fa476746db
font_01_sfnt_off00011d30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D30 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 4837284c9ff24061c06b3032bf414c641f83538b78c343eb7e7bb56842f4d815
font_02_sfnt_off0001370d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1370D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1