Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f15afe9c82d5ac68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 21:49:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 5aee58267eb4a070aaaa64cf49639ab3 SHA-1: 0dc052cf8a8783310ce98f51bf33fc00bc725d8b SHA-256: f15afe9c82d5ac68eef9ea70a7ef577e8de41b263f495b9936b3ebe31577cd18
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, indicating it is designed to redirect users to potentially malicious websites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest a link farm intended for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=train+racing+3d+mod+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fff8bf601b1a2cc023b552422363ec5f/wafimerijifukilanomaniti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozszemle.hu/uploads/files/wivugigifoxikesosivilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://it-remarketing.pl/app/webroot/media/files/30928765158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yibetter.com/data/files/rupulude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140135b8c0a4---87753766889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landia-print.com/pdir/file/pudikixodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demo.wsbe17hongkong.hk/_bin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jiroranibozegagos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilprato.eu/userfiles/files/gijibepepud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kiofruits.com/admin/uploads/files/vefupoxenax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digivideos.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lozufoxugubujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edouardweil.com/userfiles/file/6923491573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdavloeren.be/userfiles/files/tigogenusuvanuxama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhuaduongnhapkhauaz.org/upload/files/zijulobutizazan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wdnederland.nl/file/44667302494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rubivina.com/Images_upload/files/13339853787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ctmmaximoravenna.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49353182327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawaress.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6937840080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsong.vn/uploads/files/fazutabalago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbmotorbrokers.com/userfiles/file/savad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusantarabet4d1.com/contents/files/mudesebix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dc8d21f7a207ea405f0d1569a066142/51650656080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vegagastro.pl/upload/file/63647951231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gonguyenkhoi.vn/upload/files/94602694875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhitienvuong.com/uploads/files/96014190920.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_off0000d481.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD481 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC98 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 17e672739f8759a40afa903b0ed73700257f35c1eb2a301d7525c0c033c0b5b7
font_02_sfnt_off0001052c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1052C 18248 bytes
SHA-256: 04ea72202e07ed869962826cf8d25cb7d0f567bc9512d8bb736ecd3eb16ed12b

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