Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b015c4c3e375d247…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-14 03:17:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b22be4f2d9b71cace68a4884b2bb80c4 SHA-1: 721c73e8bcc9cd2896f3563eba829691d51e3c89 SHA-256: b015c4c3e375d247c0ba2191cffe2447d1da0676bc13ac20425668bf6e712aad
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure victims to external malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://evo-models.com/uploads/userfiles/files/14495908891.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05vtua1bdl85k7lm051bumbc7v/selasoruditovekakike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertworker.paraleumarian.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/webilavarari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semangkabiji.com/contents/files/zesewubabajoritixedib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointswestliving.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23663499243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschaden-expert.com/userfiles/file/43301401381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c029b4f7ec---65241736630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/68635672343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161380d266aacc---49102187232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vonschickenconcord.com/uploads/files/xuxasedobizifamuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copy-office.it/userfiles/file/50312573124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/71415404580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://760_709737661.mildmedia-dev.eu/uploads/userfiles/files/89659942791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourbuilding.ru/userfiles/files/pakolobowibima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gieskestukadoors.nl/ckfinder/files/files/zukujademorife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladulceseguros.ar/noticias/fckeditor/file/fizimerirafok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmyhship.com/uploadfile/files/90197821335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamitobe.ru/files/file/zusexirokidetafapozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proficlim.ru/public/userfiles/file/44817898131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n2nlah.org/UserFiles/file/50799971238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malerbetrieb-malanders.de/Webseite/pics/fotos/1/file/17204006293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rivebistro.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40051034136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orderpoet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zosinabukew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/28423416526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ver9ctrl.sonikgps.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90419224650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=install+windows+with+android+phonePDF 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_off0000da6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA6B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f282.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF282 10528 bytes
SHA-256: 7ccdb32807c3595be110e6ed0776e0fbdc22d46765046b1a5bb4e56b0e2d0f71
font_02_sfnt_off00010a70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A70 18764 bytes
SHA-256: 3d68f694dea8922f2f0cd1ad5c1743acf37baafc6a2168334b94c7029b2dc312