Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f9415f15aa04dd7d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:17:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ca92fc0b7d02adedceb4d47f2a9dbc01 SHA-1: 532f729898de8ec2f965b68466128455d9deb67b SHA-256: f9415f15aa04dd7d02b1a1aa0de7c70601cf43835732f6a033802dafd00cb615
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The document also features a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or content-luring campaign. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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.
  • 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://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613971681a785---59863057480.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kiuanai.com/userfiles/file/lebakufup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logopeda-empatia.pl/content/file/43005874584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiab.net/userData/board/file/sijegefugugelixefejasodag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f580ab567e7a3ea6daf361181b5d0f5f/71300001610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyozenemeryville.com/uploads/files/67857959652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ce2bbbad5---wevofitofavulujaxekaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocw.tw/uploads/files/15545708074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartech.lv/sites/smartech/uploads/documents/files/34608328055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienthaopc.com/upload/FCK/file/91208123443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajej.pretty-match.com/upload/files/74705162718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taaltoetsvo.nl/userfiles/file/44212372333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltingacadamy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/70716438343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlineticketreview.com/images/file/91316157665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kristinanamaste.eu/files/motugesotanugixabemasaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07f4974ae21727ee501f9674a3c223c0/gilidowitiporobogenemugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bf299c8ab8---15239420798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyenghun.com/new/upload/board/files/jefoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfbma.org/files/fck/file/35790532426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://napiarsaigh.com/images/35237060533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoga-privates.com/yoga-privates/file/josawetuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/29368287115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skykharchono.mn/editor/files/kerakalufisekemevumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/69619784242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artinterior.bg/userfiles/file/zilasavul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aluminial.pnh.pt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mufisakojujezovoxigimisob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iact2001.com/userData/board/file/xaguson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=free+psn+plus+codePDF 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_off0000c627.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC627 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000de3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE3E 10232 bytes
SHA-256: cea0878d090b2c9821ce48b3843b27fe6258442aa6fdbceb2226b1f05af7565f
font_02_sfnt_off0000f548.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF548 18000 bytes
SHA-256: 816120e211903fa272e3f6fbc4a48f902f06b0a860a0b3f8c5edaa03d962d590