Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 515fab3c3484d0fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 03:54:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 74b00153d72c105eaca96183caf03a06 SHA-1: 15745c4660f63628eabc0d800d3d406c458d9f76 SHA-256: 515fab3c3484d0fbb070bce7cf66cf8e244b53a7ea99d60def501fb93bfba4c6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or link farms on disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. ClamAV detection and ML classification further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=political+culture+and+political+socialization+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb220befd1551145e6a15d1a3df63e2f/93071543079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agriplan-rs.com/dados/ckfinder/files/20571700001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc9537019ea---36354563454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morecoredesign.com/images/imageUps/files/54107297364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca6cf7e8d9---fuxavufaxagak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avs-market.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juxaritejaseduxorit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galettedesrois.hu/userfiles/file/gulupizutuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/63051798380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://widepolymers.com/userfiles/file/62910638121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/togijazaxapipugotivudozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roweryelectra.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16278410488485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomaszfilipczak.pl/userfiles/file/junuvidetanenib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788156af2ca---nubafaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4isqcosjop1spv9ajnl4q3f2nt/95966320450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gizaviation.com/uploads/files/givenetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/28456799180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hintzfamilyreunion.com/clients/1/12/12a2788c5de59b93c87e4eff35998d4f/File/vuloginuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16105c6771c9bc---degaroko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gachbinhduong.com/upload/file/98918679142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondatayho.vn/images/ckeditor/files/5513445035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitpchemcieszyn.pl/_sitpchem/file/98341532142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ominocoibaffi.it/userfiles/files/xutizexavididatogez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6d3cda3146---65723014841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/boriguzuxidajomut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwindijk.nl/home/edijk/domains/edwindijk.nl/public_html/uploads/file/lolowikus.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_off0000defd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEFD 10776 bytes
SHA-256: d2a85f2e48a63fd9ead089214206f98615fde232f1ceb4ce227cd38173eef8f7
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7F6 17648 bytes
SHA-256: 7da006a4d202fb31606648441bb3ba681187f9848531f0cb8d4bc997bba430b0
font_02_sfnt_off000124f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1