Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f15d4182d300d5b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-23 23:34:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 01d26fa880dbcee3ea3b842e083df1b9 SHA-1: 0e384b2e96816b9be76dad46cc799e4da367738d SHA-256: f15d4182d300d5b634e23b6ce820cfcc9194e76b24bfabbed797d702167dca9e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/89613236250.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bestbelly.org/content/files/files/vafimajusudizojirixeligow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedfightalliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jukigolimagot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaphotofest.org/uploads/files/84116075241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seltec.io/images/uploads/files/jafifogatenemupete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implantsdentairesdesmoulins.com/upload/editor/file/23776917726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1691d81e3333242c5908ad37fdff8927/81374725855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16147a3cf9fb8d---dobegixafasupin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138941301e0b---1712238705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/sakojoravak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mallncart.com/userfiles/files/sixiwuzexetas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dfwarbitrator.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/popiredewizesepoxevexuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavibusiness.it/file/talurobofelotazedit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infas.cz/images/wiswig/file/luxuwumazujesudinunadip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loppisidjupdalen.se/images/uploaded/file/90081570534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23ae9bdbf4bfdafa0a85f8b4e500e429/52098841424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ardiinerkh.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/30174703865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwornawodzie.pl/userfiles/file/7495886204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdhouse.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/denew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okudshava.ru/userfiles/file/gefumukizumisimorovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miet-boot.ch/images/uploadedimages/file/48960580073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gogreenonline.net/userfiles/image/fckeditor/file/78814738874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rewaqousha.net/userfiles/files/mefonuwemudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.depomatrial.com/file/jubuvepulizawejav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oalysa.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14004431454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propage.q-cloud.net/upload/ckeditor/pages/files/41550270368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=clash+of+clans+server+hack+apkPDF 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_off0000cd34.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD34 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e546.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE546 16568 bytes
SHA-256: fa6335748ece281a19ad5cb137452af364330115ca7334b84c9cede59034c6d6
font_02_sfnt_off00010f9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F9E 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 91a7e72fad46f136723650e8ff62457dbc8d13b05e56404711b0ce61e629534b