Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a15164fa90f4926b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

137.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:25:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 5dab14054e327cb78d4a366eeaa31208 SHA-1: 26142ff7875f0ec0526dad9e36d640e47a3edede SHA-256: a15164fa90f4926b403aeec7f5143b1c24c9f0704e8dc740ae7430f1f4261e4f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9756

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hindu+baby+names+book+free+download+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/msgmbokikg0oh4i6ggj9e2fto9/musuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fdd732065cda32ea98148c611c24692/kekolerininokapuxuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faw-asia.com/image/upload/files/23200488874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b454d2b8e30---10640396363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20806362904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizergranulators.com/d/files/fubepoviraluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df1c21e1ecd---viwefemeditupab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quinta.cl/upload/files/92904075856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a096a0f3a3d---14992151231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zd-zeta.com/uploads/files/202108231824011506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-vehicle.net/js/upload/files/70475697418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e499642fb24---25699691872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyztyle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boveserigoxosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geerhannutpourreussir.be/docs/upload/files/gofifejixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/38589145553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b72fcef18---suzunox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/kunevojopokorulowuxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5d6019c39---92944123754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b64f07aabb1---xosepitozokefokegukix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vamaconsulting.sk/userfiles/file/74329418328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fetogram.com/images/upload/files/dawuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/358c080e9dfaeade35baec6a1c6eed2b/80250907149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b9406970c---84674557387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095c52c29b7d---xabaw.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00019378.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19378 23840 bytes
SHA-256: 4b4f47f86ea7df6ac4f9d278d5c204b30e50587cf7e216150811175815529608
font_01_sfnt_off0001d0d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D0D7 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 9851301bccd263bd8bc621191e863a77a0acd3ab5668326310b82f8e217d7ae0
font_02_sfnt_off0001ea71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EA71 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00020282.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20282 16208 bytes
SHA-256: cc18dd29c0e954ccb64aafd737ebae4efd7f61c45ca6cadf77ebf227b688c97a