Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 915d5f59d9aa1903…

MALICIOUS

PDF

121.2 KB Created: 2021-06-28 12:16:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0dbe4cc35bf52d8095fcede5ae096860 SHA-1: 35c4aedb63758a9ac7757ba739613a2ca95671cb SHA-256: 915d5f59d9aa19036fedf6b6e7aae5313d2f9d4c51c8b2fa55489d08a69c6f14
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The primary attack pattern involves redirecting users through these links, potentially leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9828

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 http://greenhousehotel.vn/uploads/image/files/biledosoronejexewetukupi.pdf
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v8n6hukvn5954ioqjckmvte7em/tijejanivub.pdf
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/36549329652.pdf
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a032a699df84be2da67e11e35a3760e9/53687308230.pdf
    • https://incoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/sixubibononud.pdf
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d06ae5f9c---julepimigokaloj.pdf
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c6aedef91---77169626476.pdf
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/wobefekafevitawos.pdf
    • https://baxsporthorses.com/userfiles/file/bavupigugelojajasu.pdf
    • http://esistore.be/userfiles/file/63287287343.pdf
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f32d196bd8---44548860412.pdf
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f7c6347717---kulokonidalupuwivoxisubir.pdf
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/92005282856.pdf
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccf80dd4cf3973855c252793db47986c/36713826975.pdf
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2gorrdodubgi9h39ntl9fa57j1/janesepexisoduzam.pdf
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/389a0a4c2785be73b0f7f7917b26ff0a/24410020730.pdf
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/file/25285222846.pdf
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/rutegaposokuzosikufoniv.pdf
    • https://gulfsupremesa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93135842135.pdf
    • https://sinarwaja.com/account/files/nosemepilo.pdf
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/999db81b94092ba84cfbcc78c299e689/15332076567.pdf
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f7e0875131397c00b0c2507c3f422a1/dowowotegafopi.pdf
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7eb93cd5ca72b01b483a5d66efbf80b/pobovapeb.pdf
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968fdc56b53---kibaji.pdf
    • http://c-amc.com/upload/files/95773007819.pdf
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48829cf43ef67a59b600fc60de265589/teduwowidevetukufiz.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=organic+chemistry+wade+7th+edition+solutions+manual+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00017285.bin
f693c508b80d57e1875f1278918cd65c578abc49741d809a59bae61174a0bcd4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17285 19120 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001a431.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A431 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001bc48.bin
cd0c8e2321c5a7b3d78ea48e37981e71e2bb3c0d9c1eceaf37f37443ab8af1fe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BC48 11440 bytes