Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e15653b2e3b6c96e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.6 KB Created: 2021-07-27 00:59:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2027d50b94004f45a352941f8c4a082b SHA-1: 29a6018a9d6f197cd7ba347241338f56a8ce42ac SHA-256: e15653b2e3b6c96e3b308cc228d2fa380ce9c34c04abaa31d2f9081817a0439d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/554597704ae1fef0878756701b2d751c/kejezuw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbbfac992d8a058a0c3583b95eb00e90/sexunirojim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e0414f46564294f8ae99bad26c0a308/72985304493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec887ff5cd5c845b95f593117ac72400/dumixenizoludiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fev426subj6vumb53sojj5ipk5/motanis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de955b83d0e---96069050344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rencontres-icare.org/userfiles/file/dopudejamimipununebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ffb3434433---9601516236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creaorganization.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/lidapome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/74233759664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6d6tmoq995lsfuqij7u3ht9ju/dikikerinefusetakap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f9199db945---bapof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eetravel.net/file/wewovonulagumofotuzaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5v8c622pu4jerutals9ju6qj0m/51547194924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://networkinglikepro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12486990347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae5c6138a5b---48349956923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607511d5e9b42---85371317081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/84598299319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/basuxojewizuxipinire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5ea5132b44---nezowanirunenuvizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomland.com/sites/bloomland.com/files/71360994190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/xosalovuzuwewadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ildp8469u4smvi0rhjm49hm14/20979940819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/49672492248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+charge+my+blackweb+speakerPDF 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_off00010660.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10660 20208 bytes
SHA-256: 895c30a14c965d45a5ebcbbd7c2cd2c009cc3ef6e5e41df4e5c8949b982bb2de
font_01_sfnt_off00013ade.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ADE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000152f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152F5 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 3ed3a40d4033d530fb59cb74658d6be983c1c3ad5f1953d2537180d7d965d6bb