Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 615ed2e3cbc1121f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-08-09 11:50:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4f3cb11fdec4eb4aebb24f587b3b27db SHA-1: 4e2f6ee0ef90e384c8ced46a2d84749a3f3b36d6 SHA-256: 615ed2e3cbc1121f50006aaaa38975203a173651d31ef603a3450a4ca39b5c5e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, forming a link farm. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to lure users into clicking these links, likely leading to phishing pages or further malware downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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 http://igigeothermal.jp/userfiles/file/97331462038.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.celso.org/download/favorumunelobufitumijuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/63833534917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialdevices.in/uploads/duguresorelimuvanigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/nulokokokisameden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6af5c9622bd52b37a352003e3132921/votafititifivub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/kotisijowipibedezujux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clairerolo.com/userfiles/file/getumejofemobowususoputob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cascinamana.it/userfiles/file/89938619615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/xosoxixilevaxugojunem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fbe27b1757d53383e472b969af11126/tobudagefifidonipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a78189308---98362194161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106ff30855ac---76550884993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce3e03222b5---70554721633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dojeifub1o5b46r27ran22hftv/vipedewevezugevunovava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e12bca34be926189e7d35ba496b1fd6/30358045156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thekolkatapackersmovers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vipaluvudosonaminipuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l9i4fh42gckcmg825jjfdvqto5/10651920567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///wanulukevomosokobutanotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/28686472990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lowndes85.com/clients/d/d3/d39312ffd46aa2fbcc4e4de04d96a17f/File/10886331201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiachristian.org/uploads/files/29481744892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jnvhardoi.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/muvisepejigob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/4336322088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qlnh6o8hcst3ucqqj41eol53pu/sunujutevasonirub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f0699010c9---24681323670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=esquema+electrico+renault+kangoo+1.5+dciPDF 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_off00010588.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10588 11288 bytes
SHA-256: a18b081f20c9f7f7cb3a20d6c0fdcd7797bdf77a26a3d08db34d7695d0db5c2a
font_01_sfnt_off00011f93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F93 17240 bytes
SHA-256: 85c016b972d8ce91d645b6af76f83b942754d732af23f00d0b150fa9ec49327f
font_02_sfnt_off00014b9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1