Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 159b48838f34c516…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-24 16:12:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f88abf9b6572f3e096e8ab1ed6e11ef5 SHA-1: e19022cbbbe7a611f7e4ada5b69b61f49c1c326c SHA-256: 159b48838f34c5169040434732f472a94b3358a9af02152af693d356a6f64b8b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by ML classifiers as malicious. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://asiahijau.com/contents//files/43805701940.pdf
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buxeresenumok.pdf
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35ac008bd5dd6a14c0f32952233837c5/45377473405.pdf
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c54ced6c42---93699846725.pdf
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/40400421803.pdf
    • https://driftwoodcc.com/userfiles/files/38104645186.pdf
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9abaf0525---zakudepujap.pdf
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/520aebb0ae210398ac21da25ba5bee87/1640604060.pdf
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609103bd93f6f---jivatakop.pdf
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f0990df12affffb6dc4abd35f6b290a/rosevatatokikavud.pdf
    • http://bellina.pl/userfiles/file/kezefuwajowez.pdf
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee886fbcb52---29095809606.pdf
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aea2c132aef---10732459087.pdf
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/22734240438.pdf
    • https://walterchiropracticclinic.com/home/walter/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tamome.pdf
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42993f4c8e443e2ac467e8b3763ffffc/sifolavexabusud.pdf
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/delupujefisesigituga.pdf
    • http://connect-senior.ch/uploades/userfiles/file/51131516623.pdf
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d37d297ebc8---ranogazatupaforigig.pdf
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e92c733187---gabaxokomuguvib.pdf
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a29ac456702---72104678208.pdf
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d7b277b5fc---gamipanaf.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c01c5405bb3---33714160594.pdf
    • http://tebsc.com/clients/84181/File/97270361616.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n5lt9keck3osfg5oao9nrf9383/25624772213.pdf
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609441d61fe90---59480873562.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hack+hungry+shark+evolution+ipad
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e557.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE557 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd6e.bin
2657549707d3a0d3e1a06300307da8f1062e33b3159e0290df4c633383a031d0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD6E 11244 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011796.bin
d506ca60d7f997060113c3827b9660e48da81db55308061274b64839daa11106
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11796 16692 bytes