Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5a15fdff0158838…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 05:54:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6cc93bd1f2e2164aa2b942fecd6945e0 SHA-1: 413c16e7d98a39f11f6e3205db0f949bb78ebaec SHA-256: b5a15fdff01588380b0d716c5767506782c037fe11932eb2906b00d4ee109a43
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis confirm the document's role in directing users to potentially harmful external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/riwup.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vidolamerica.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41d6c1d9763c38486da50d360b0afde7/sibogaluzadum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835de58e157---28265599878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9bcb24e30---34539929658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c133e5a71---suzofexokeronuguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161114945f1c90---14236111283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dptech.vn/uploads/files/kimorelini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g3az.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a070f36987---8173723578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099085780384---foxisexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crackershrimp.com/file_media/file_image/file/vovivupukubuposafovus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alumcity.ru/userfiles/file/63433498065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestofbeer.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kutaxemuterir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/vaxazudaduku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161054f226af4b---69103838530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16124c63c5d082---88968609582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://granitnet.hu/editor_up/71708861324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackielaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vaxijaxopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/lakide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbcmedia.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sezuloguwejofoxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/26518724914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trickapotisk.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ribetigekoxon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://champion-osk.pl/userfiles/file/59124968562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantemail.com/userfiles/file/1627045177rodazavosorujajalosuzuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rucodelniza.ru/userfiles/file/wononixifutuwiruteki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=the+best+blsPDF 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_off0000fd86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD86 18028 bytes
SHA-256: e9dc117d5fe15d5a0850f3db04ea67fd36a0c93328d343b58fe5c7a1ecf361c0
font_01_sfnt_off00012c09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C09 9728 bytes
SHA-256: 1b0d56794b7603e8e08ab10e0ea3c6b30eba0189b67ed1d7da3309eded2d2b96
font_02_sfnt_off00014170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14170 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1