Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f15ea699edf19c66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-08-11 14:00:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: c3f4182f234545216985c0e5760f23b5 SHA-1: a5971b361d2bd8d8b9af53b4c4beafac59a96f20 SHA-256: f15ea699edf19c66aa7bab3c5b8889fd9e34b59b4b1a460979ce1ac6e268685b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or spam distribution scheme. The presence of numerous external URIs and link farm indicators strongly suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+differences+between+crystalline+and+amorphous+solids PDF link annotation
    • https://apz-arte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95155874726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/nobigerotijav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mraos.com/web/userfiles/file/94994003751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiesamadremarsala.eu/userfiles/files/musakopidonanirijesizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/280506048742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chromoink.com/updates/file/zekesaxokonamusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/ragiwokiberopafubore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsinteriordesigner.com/userfiles/files/57827217819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/073ti98rgdsbtve7ido823hpmc/xarupikumon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tech-in.info/bramy/userfiles/file/50704959915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a577205515e---fugabagivef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b756984d0---sosef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebbers-schilderwerken.nl/uploads/files/32338870634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c676d09c883---38558038292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.makathastaliklari.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9dde23551---mowoforiporojewazonevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757a3429030---93633867482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bb684ca9e4114fd8992085686a15e4d/12968201301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/pukunutizaxafosusawovepar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://et-auditing.com/userfiles/files/xozurakupanajigujifajid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ckdsgo45v02dohjotea1pf1s0/tusolusadigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b34d284b91f---muwavasesesuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/emugasewagexufikafolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e46350a7fa---86873990395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-s-g.ru/userfiles/files/jakufexa.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_off0000e993.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE993 11320 bytes
SHA-256: bc228d8857b345e633198006eb2bf435aee23b2133c7170c37c500a9407036af
font_01_sfnt_off000103d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011bea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BEA 17924 bytes
SHA-256: 4983033f54caca45904371af8788f5efcc7331ceba45cceb6291f0ac95a43e68