Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d15296ae79a3e060…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-09-28 18:38:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: feb153d3bd46bbaba297c2329bf2f6c9 SHA-1: c0abb9575f3485d6d100e2834485ca9e32b14c61 SHA-256: d15296ae79a3e0607008b45d534ebbdcfbd5189dc300a60cd70c14cf84e144db
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate these redirects or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mlp+elements+of+harmony+base
    • http://qiuyutv.com/userfiles/files/20210916031419.pdf
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615091981bea4---mifuzobodofizofixadusesa.pdf
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e5d94b2a76c108ec0a246254d862dd1/43517866768.pdf
    • http://shop-cartuning.pl/userfiles/file/zavumifixevone.pdf
    • http://datacomsystems.cz/userfiles/file/8690954032.pdf
    • https://hw-power.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/6142dcd282f3b.pdf
    • http://matraholding.hu/images/userfiles/files/ginabijobis.pdf
    • http://ricoconsultingattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/vimivufe.pdf
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///kafepadale.pdf
    • https://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/bilulebotawofepifuxat.pdf
    • http://travel-door.com/userfiles/file/vumufidegoxabuvij.pdf
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c1cc6796d9---14521114868.pdf
    • http://garage-ys.info/js/upload/files/nemofukivokejelali.pdf
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138c07c927ed---telikugofupo.pdf
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b32543a67---miroladasokiwegimijatal.pdf
    • https://opescom-store.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/97645976614.pdf
    • http://ghinelliarchitettura.it/userfiles/files/busuxogezip.pdf
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/xuriwubinuzodafe.pdf
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/zulubakesiwogikuponazekiz.pdf
    • https://polaria.cz/images/file/9313607091.pdf
    • https://amt-alarmy.pl/userfiles/file/sifoxutakemaxofuwubogu.pdf
    • http://mail-ex.net/userfiles/file/55012817655.pdf
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/35075899808.pdf
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b07534b2e9---sufefatojudige.pdf
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4879af2ae726b3a4bd898ec6592ac8e9/rugozitutodug.pdf
    • http://confidenzacsapagy.hu/upload/tazadorufibi.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_off0000b448.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB448 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc5a.bin
ef70acc44dab265d7ae5b0a972c931090f3da74937566a097b296af8d7f59f2a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC5A 16740 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f6cc.bin
ba120947c98c2c6c8c239738b7359b8af72f4f9af55676df60e0a53229a14b99
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6CC 10776 bytes