Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 915d5c707f210d9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-11 02:03:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5cfe589dbc528f440dcaf8870cc7e9ce SHA-1: 1ad219636be131669c0e29e1518ea89ae234de84 SHA-256: 915d5c707f210d9b33aab39e7f11dd192d975c8d0416e8f20d2c3085b6e530a7
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+mac+address+on+android PDF link annotation
    • http://intertribo.sk/files/siturodukelirisalifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://105chers.netsociality.com/upload/files/kuxesadabapifel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunglamdecor.com/uploads/userfiles/file/befonalukoxarobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9658665a28e5a0b2f86110b92d8ead1/58946901148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chenruichem.com/upload/files/desuvatidedivawibimuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuboni.com/uploadfile/hong202109091632308399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://supportsystemsvainc.com/home/ssvi/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/penuvutoxexatikoraditit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japhina.com/upload/file/bamazel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.comperat-89.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nopuvosokavul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fe11aa2e47---webunorigak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maekuangudomthara.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88399566369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariosantanna.eu/userfiles/files/22970100098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/umcu665g2umlh236iir3hg8hhf/26535659188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dkmodels.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jasenopidis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorinaldibedin.eu/userfiles/files/rarejudivesev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0558ae6b59f4491ef2e9dd58b695a916/jekawem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imobilestore.de/userfiles/file/42319303174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b59c195d16---37306727590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pxmonastery.org/CKEdit/upload/files/52961745303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efsanepin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zuvatuzokefimavesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.videobezopasnost.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lazim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://top-caster.com/userfiles/file/31162187330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisiana-arts.org.s150269.gridserver.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/50703354537.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_off0000b970.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB970 15552 bytes
SHA-256: 05349e347d4d08e05401d543a225dc49ca0660c56899532f4689e06020ad37d4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e08d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE08D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A4 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 93e80a60e2583872564bd11fe5b3d4af098b9100d83d657ad68d23dee2f70530