Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a15947e59be944c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 10:02:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5e4181f278ae5a1d9c8c1dcd43eb278a SHA-1: 52fda4369017a9dbf3ab837298f9ee5c55f28e49 SHA-256: a15947e59be944c8173aade69f5143e8f1e847bf19b5919a62616eb63418d4c6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 http://adacu.org/userfiles/file/20210626130000.pdf
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/74097558708.pdf
    • http://applecentervn.com/uploads/image/files/sanomezinivixurozam.pdf
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758a1803b0d---jixetugomujoboborurodudu.pdf
    • https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ce0958a08b3189333ce32d5e67b0e94/21475235902.pdf
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/70058546500.pdf
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/96686645545.pdf
    • http://physiotherapy-warwickshire.com/user_file/file/27655928136.pdf
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607025876d1ee---dinorekirewamuwitonet.pdf
    • https://foulardfotografando.it/file/13285684006.pdf
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95b4d696c5---12168714187.pdf
    • https://biovuspharma.net/userfiles/files/bupavapuxudibenadixezisem.pdf
    • https://deltarents.com/upload/ckfinder/files/mijamorefuju.pdf
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01c6f33a54a0bec83b5f62c749a01db6/45838754188.pdf
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838fe24601c---42765854471.pdf
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e515fc318a2c3e8e117069a0a9fdac67/80299835135.pdf
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba10caa0c13fde5585e93238db32ae52/kewawomerupusiforosatade.pdf
    • http://builderall.info/userfiles/file/91443464053.pdf
    • https://sweetburden.com/upload/users/files/pobebagidonod.pdf
    • http://msci.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d4c1d83cec---xabovudi.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=truffle+butter+urban+dictionary
    • 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_off0000f6d9.bin
e5b6ac461dc1639f0b52cb20b371e47dd04d14b1ec4a8b77c2940ae71b4ef88b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6D9 18876 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012901.bin
a26cdd55dd0b9f24298b558f573495cd638e663919370d635ed271aed75da279
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12901 10616 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00014166.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14166 16792 bytes