Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1159ea2d4b233d0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 10:54:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 131e83fceedbeb20e514eacabd762280 SHA-1: f5f818b1cd0fa7e9b4ac47a2d278bf65203c107d SHA-256: 1159ea2d4b233d0da77b7d0fd2dc3126f4df10946cee1b71ae4b144ef288ddb8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The presence of external URIs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest a phishing or scam lure, likely intended to lead users to malicious content or exploit kits.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=is+8gb+ram+enough+for+gaming+phone PDF link annotation
    • https://quangcaowebsite.xemlaco.com/uploads/files/diduwubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photofetimages.com/temudipobovinigirusorejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sculecuacumulator.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/92214818247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e99e3b8c3e---piwugeletogubumegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpcl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62350637957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/71991434965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngenadmin2.nextgenphotosolutions-beta.com/app/webroot/files/file/93680512573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b5ed337ca3---nimevisopalujepubewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldstecq.com/userfiles/file/24056408321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nomaquito-travel.com/editor-images/37333145048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.s-prom.si/fileupload/file/nulofaradalodimufagodiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e1a602190---9735574630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodybybodyology.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34100498864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/jufezuserurasunebur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micro-logic.ro/images/uploaded/file/89016499381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maudchristan.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98308783904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thrifthelp.com/flash/thrifthelp.com/file/xakasibeluduvojoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/jofat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136f0da40f7f---24527199724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laundrybyconrads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/dinutopewanegukimefetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/16320059416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/742ca80fbe2ded37eddd6863d88a6a36/rajep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesmashclub.com/imgUpload/files/34684562053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wct.goldcrownresort.com/magazine_files/files/jiberigajejeretufon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/xakovem.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_off0000dd9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD9E 17192 bytes
SHA-256: 8afc57327cf7aa346f8a6f9a2fa598f77631ee8b506cf140e93769d65aa81afe
font_01_sfnt_off00010a38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A38 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001224f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1224F 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 16f43ac52e21df87e41d3780dab95566bd8018f0dee871e9a5802a7baa6123f7