Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a15df549ab1c14ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 16:38:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 14cbf21f5ede8204a0e0fe9d680b6976 SHA-1: 64232aefbf88daf3e723c5dfc9cb56e910dac653 SHA-256: a15df549ab1c14eea795834e9a2f34c7dc219f8f81d0c522e62efa91ce99db0b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting further indicates a malicious intent to distribute payloads or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its classification as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 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://cdmsig2.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98172696770.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2161c52855e85ba2f4e4ef93d1f2a77e/zivisepitixaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e642600af967dd81efec605d99a9c43d/xewil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio1.com/contents//files/25272562035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://echipamente-scule.ro/userfiles/file/93850122198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/mevujotalerutik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cailux.lu/userfiles/files/xofifuzowinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodwellassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/78d34868940555581956fcd71190accb/60004715512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/377e9e21de511873cd4d756ecc31b521/1269991354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/85668638345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19c05008777632a9b8b6b44b385da9eb/77550063284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bouveau-consulting.com/userfiles/file/wonetedomewuxajidofoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf5ef54cc0---17186407993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radfordhsclassof1970.com/clients/878146/File/rumibomazezedodupesoguvav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e231e61826a---tabomutuzazikuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://legalinet.eu/userfiles/files/nexir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/69818744561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.org/files/files/79807015870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a3bfe914b2---28689400340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/791ef5927a4117e148e23af4c9b71cec/83469574288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/45578258421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cityclick.it/userfiles/files/46592274739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatkireklamowe.pl/web/uploads/files/41279530633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nevokumumiralefobodazikuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurtwohndesign.ch/userfiles/files/zitijajomarewisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=scholarship+registration+form+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_off000103e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103E5 18924 bytes
SHA-256: f61f4004bb04388e8a00639efa70cce91b0a3f1e8068f0b0d11ee979ff925c77
font_01_sfnt_off000134c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014cda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CDA 11140 bytes
SHA-256: afec4a7f2e104c0ce035ccfd81e0cfc71c2f7c7e2595f186d09db28c4b3c3da6