Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f151e562483b5816…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-10-02 15:33:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: d5f29f5135756b13d4aefdb314cc0a2c SHA-1: f69f60da1a0c8db5ca0508d4277c7ff7c559a8d3 SHA-256: f151e562483b5816b08cd2439789b88c1af83bc6e4c39e1ccd57178667120db4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for obfuscation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=indigestion+on+empty+stomach PDF link annotation
    • https://lotte-ppta.net/beta/assets/file/bepogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purefeeling8.com/data/file/fenopeverererewotoxovugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epmachine.ru/d/files/99658310154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.offshoreyachts.net/web_upload/editor/files/76132639056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nyett.hk/uploads/news/files/77619291939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaab5bgii0ck.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80129480625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135976aa31ec---29190054017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jecoexports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37895167482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmicropilotes.com/uploads/files/berunopopexegobakezano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeuu.biz/upload/ckeditor/pages/files/92265494211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161556c04905c1---difoxejelokotelut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ad76995afe---feritulekupogujeferalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vhcvietnam.vn/ckeditor/images/files/kikugagorax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baxsporthorses.nl/userfiles/file/zezigokefopir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esperanzadeavila.com/fotos/file/tanizipexevezepumepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feriaalainversa.com/uploaded/files/18603927393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://werkschoenenverkoop.nl/images/docman/files/rexevawevimowugewuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161525b44959b1---28579816215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6jd4ia73teer97snhvrkt1d0q5/71380975310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumbulefendiegitimvakfi.com/resimler/files/62172906792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://behtarinekhodetbash.com/files/files/xejufedaxewijefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615781f6f0ac7---72416580394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/61108583507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekonopuntos.com/campannas/file/vefurasasiwevaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b464.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB464 17228 bytes
SHA-256: 1c500a7137ece22aa97cff8c81f58a6e027dc637560d2c08315525fc42cde34f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e057.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE057 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 0b2e7bb7d6964da6594da4d2a716b0fee8ee0f49f28a6af53e05cc6655842ba3
font_02_sfnt_off0000f921.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF921 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1