Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a15576ec0b1d782a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:26:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 45f813cbe71a9d0f0dce7db0762a51c2 SHA-1: 3942c2b9d9dcb592d6fc53a03acab8a5f9477a6e SHA-256: a15576ec0b1d782a43d19bdefc9faf30d2e7ff54a63d496364fd4df143a7927c
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK specifically highlights a link to a suspicious PDF file, indicating a likely download lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 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://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oo967rv7hn6v1ergg49u4j7a1o/70521597574.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8c12ce3bc2d6a022aee36e69956b8d7/70379394196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/653cb9bbd019996c088545a071d05659/votibosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tttinox.com/upload/userfiles/files/91349404863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lpjiln8o4v8ps6iikoesofi4do/49033654018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sssmri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/begexixegipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhtoangalaxyhotel.vn/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/70276194735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb4dce962f---timefikupuripawup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/28706991370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulsaperstein.com/userfiles/files/52069804172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/riwulelejux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dascalita.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/35780732263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecc6a3ae5596b93cf73c752ce885cf23/10375872378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096bab52cb35---fekizefitidik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brilliantsolarpaneling.com/userfiles/file/boxiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidtrading.com/public_html/userfiles/file/47262338164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinivideo.hu/sites/infinivideo/files/87155530403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elijasprojekts.lv/files/file/69874766266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helloshoppingnepal.com/userfiles/file/tewutexivavigaximepixal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newline-eg.com/userfiles/file/87573909232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmountvernon.com/uploads/files/xevarax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ssrakunesoq8tg2d1psah5akjv/23976853673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/mefajalatokub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aan.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34745086687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/kowurujagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=pencemaran+air+adalah+pdfPDF 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_off0000da34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f24b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF24B 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 20451db17e9e1743dc1d35726ac7ac793453567ae798d29124ae8591436e143e
font_02_sfnt_off000109d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109D3 16976 bytes
SHA-256: 812ebf9e9a5ce4e7855bb858a9d7c656182eec3fd53ebf736d3ed66ebeae9cbd