Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 159454e823a8eb24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:31:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 92125b03841908a1e2cff5e0c5ef2d6c SHA-1: 945724c975be1b56b90a085f926edd05cba7b54d SHA-256: 159454e823a8eb24b360fd48e9e2cff9b112aa1b942ae859d8bde9f10f85b1ac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, indicating an attempt to execute code upon opening. The numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggest a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pattern+making+in+foundry+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6d0977c8c---48500358320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/files/63268547367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f5e95ed5b0---piweluxukapejavubarazik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushi-belovo.ru/files/68542459496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com//data/attachment/file/pixokixida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210520064003604009sgvz81.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/47983574949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/kiwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719ddd630d5---80670075900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/jebarutape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/11681374727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef6f65784b5b87f9cb5d6063df2bf456/85223006865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/6759219859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bfa53f37ea---jejalenegogefanepeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northwestpixie-bobs.com/clients/e/e1/e1941a3904c49320334fd90e0ed9e852/File/ranawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketoanantamhcm.com/uploads/files/82028802385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamhelios.vn/luutru/files/50617734320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a02f33a545---lizagoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4dbd179de652d7030a57ec9ddb8bba4/48232411759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/vubitoramapobavoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dilimkebab.com/userfiles/file/tunexupuvajigarekivupageb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cluster006.ovh.net/~greeters/be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/damuruxapagobujobowagemi.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_off0000c73c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC73C 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 1dae852443ef8068cb71ce8d5d34ba439bf940b2ca996448b8a108a47037bd6a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e066.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE066 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f878.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF878 17952 bytes
SHA-256: c3df812677e3b6d10fc4c459248a7296f8e4edc1ac2fa985451f1018230c2eb1