Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b15b3b970a250827…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 16:19:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a7aa4cd296a2dfba3308eecdc6b6d5a2 SHA-1: 6464856de3d6cdb891b8bdb90da4514672abd0dc SHA-256: b15b3b970a25082734dcfeb7f9292c882676e3287ae079b5f7eb7d992a5cd501
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 uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity associated with these external links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+ventricles+does+the+human+heart+have
    • http://rainbowcaterers.in/userfiles/file/78558350349.pdf
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d0a4600f4---30207699541.pdf
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce190m7s8e9eaud0244ml8hn57/82610153766.pdf
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/srobrdtiacnb16l4nf9ajlt2c3/xabodudugikeva.pdf
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ac60139dd---72067219978.pdf
    • https://songhong-thudo.com/img/files/51130912641.pdf
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u0ck727gs646fcjp5afg96pa95/zajifula.pdf
    • http://anchor-m.com/js/upload/files/fatojuxu.pdf
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f75dabe91aec07d88452dd4aa13e80e/62523242183.pdf
    • http://mileschapelcme.org/clients/9/9b/9b85db73e8c1d5ae3bc18b6db4f26039/File/84224635376.pdf
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b98415f2961---3933834825.pdf
    • http://playbabydoll.com/userfiles/file/vakurenamavebiviki.pdf
    • http://valifyrepapillon.com/clients/6/68/68e1c6a84db99a04c21676ff826d6e37/File/93857473606.pdf
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a6486160b4829fce2a2a947b9ff2134/2367077286.pdf
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/544a1de21a4becaa639cf57cc751f29b/42116529132.pdf
    • http://akifkasaboglu.com/esatfisek/images_upload/files/31286347487.pdf
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b496cace2c6---tipabuzidubabuvatubolapaj.pdf
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/feguta.pdf
    • http://kajsanordstrom.com/userfiles/files/21982523070.pdf
    • http://csim.jp/ckeditor/uploads/files/pedadunoboxekupov.pdf
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c71br5hg9h0ko7749740solu36/28368521118.pdf
    • 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_off0000ee8a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE8A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001069c.bin
42823890cc86dbd829960604289df0288f1a203fd447efb7a4bb8648f2fa9cac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1069C 17856 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000135ac.bin
7273a621110bfb58484cd29a4f79e6a0db93f1558ad503273f53547037c0243b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135AC 10992 bytes