Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 78015c4e15352bbd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-07-03 21:20:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: efd33b31f5645737490d20d7ce77366e SHA-1: 51704f36c94ef893404b7f0f582a4ad4c8e08a29 SHA-256: 78015c4e15352bbdfa06a4fd8da2e60fe4f5848003ff1ad3f6a5dbd6b3017b99
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and the use of UTM parameters further support this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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://wentworthre.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38e3499de687bec70a707720ece2c5fc/10525493676.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02740c2d93c987ce19ff4f94a32300f1/lusozujodisipixamudusip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9ccba5b021---34699650222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/nebofevigorutede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a2e7b0ec8b---75969318725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081fc8935794---43470584428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dba70e7369---48309667040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larioenergy.net/uploads/file/80280794881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29870598868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/bamalutivezafox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/vufefibudumonawum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839525f0b78---runiwetozazemodol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/pizuzeloxonoporotuvato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c66b8af11---45349350044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f15bbe0d24---kasulebabitivupuxufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72c0183c0b---gelud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domainecomps.com/documents/files/natazebov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidmitt.com/img/files/file/moxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cab1c63471c---paxaboxidogujuvibekipari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae5f5528106---32155621650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/gebulijaxisazaxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungtransplantopen.com/clients/d/de/de7cc03d42bda6b8b84c8ac9728529bb/File/fisukuxujelamujenirek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tyko.pl/userfiles/file/51161571495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99eaee2157e223471330cc0b61db8e80/73477014149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=senior+analyst+interview+questions+and+answersPDF 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_off00010f52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F52 17792 bytes
SHA-256: 1a468ba3d8f029da778e3782aea646c5e333c4ff24f4e66d6d3cb11047bffbad
font_01_sfnt_off00013dff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DFF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015616.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15616 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 60604299407b864c23677712fd69b0b7dab49e98b856d5ece0634dee520c9486