Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 815d57bca222ec73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 12:10:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7255502703c9f5754166eda73b3eb1af SHA-1: c1e36cf1c61afcd4642855be8a1c6daab6d240b2 SHA-256: 815d57bca222ec73e013d395e793915bed88ebaf5bbc4dab4b7d4c16708c01fb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to lure users through deceptive search engine results or direct links. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity, contributing to the phishing and malware distribution pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=50+shades+of+grey+full+movie+online+hotstar PDF link annotation
    • http://yotlist.com/uniformkontakt/userfiles/image/files/51869613036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134e9c2712fb---dizatazipusuzexaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c386305493---59263792625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/733f6a01ae3cc46a45970d1aa6636c8f/domitorerar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hefcom-hydraulics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dadukofewexuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.galiantsolutions.com/emailimages/file/12611501488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://piannocreativo.com/js/new/fckeditor/userfiles/file/nobamorag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161424ed093ec5---nukinipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insuralead.com/userfiles/file/zujeboburab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142c00ef12bb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a40e42667283b638274426d1f417e847/15420067527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.com/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/texafufovinikaxinosafafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--elementy-zczne-kwb98g.pl/media/file/89256202021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babyshelter.net/assets/upload/files/34188192930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orenprom.com/img/account/file/gogoxaxojizubefofareserom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcaps99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17523212534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galaxyjewel.cn/uploadfile/files/75435858737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buren-kompanie.de/userfiles/files/midewovuvavadadoxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d871e106a4---85501810820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westernmaki.com/uploads/files/sozegezizaxekeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trexanh.net/upload/files/38170927689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artattack-concerts.de/files/file/98985874589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2e0b95unoa536adofm5h.com/userfiles/file/jasakikikubataditavedit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9825910859acd8362e2c0e81c55b814b/63557932286.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_off0000ed42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED42 11240 bytes
SHA-256: b5468d56b278327b0c91c05f7a69d3b48176fc68d48cf703558f13d6e5ed2977
font_01_sfnt_off00010745.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10745 17804 bytes
SHA-256: c67a2b274604acc601956362a6a9adfe4f168bcd6258c0e19bfaa45ac9755759
font_02_sfnt_off0001359c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1359C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1