Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f15e383a293d6616…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-09 19:14:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 67e64986946847e3afbb3b8ef403a6f0 SHA-1: 565f5e43251009459490d6eaad9293230f79669e SHA-256: f15e383a293d6616293ecb88e682a9b0627ba99ac39eddb6b4de1b7566345157
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely leveraging embedded JavaScript for execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=8th+class+science+textbook+english+medium PDF link annotation
    • https://carmelocuritiba.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50437284880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parquesanalbertohurtado.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92066646767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tlo.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59210089676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belgium-ex.com/images/blog/file/46936614251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc-lampang.com/user_img/files/68746689115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busto-wl.gattinonimondodivacanze.it/themes/userfiles/files/8158621144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/56841403091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrobreaker.com/files/files/judala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscow-vernisage.com/files/files/tijovumuposixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinchenfast.com/upload/file/papugoxotexadura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shopexpert.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/83716068551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pincodehub.in/userfiles/file/29315720710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613424080f9d2---96327301967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/sekinezajagofawowize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613237f94750e---16345705889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92145940908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613425c2989a5---sokukewonozonusawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.omt.ntou.edu.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/ranofupebelora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golfvillageonline.com/userfiles/file/zevoxirowazatefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb43017746ae73164033dffc90b6eb7f/47118266126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://computerzone.pk/file/gibiwatovibatev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volkshilfe-vlbg.at/images/content/files/fojaxijugedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbtravels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73771322520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precisionsurgicalworks.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76428204103.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_off0000cfb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFB8 11264 bytes
SHA-256: 9001860719f09dc09e2fc628d776d051943378324e148c8d009f5661d15782cb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9C5 20336 bytes
SHA-256: b52b659b52c945717ff3f9c0871311f15cbf50d70a8ff02f4ce5aab8760ba019
font_02_sfnt_off00011eca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ECA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1