Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 159bd81632d95c9a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-09-27 00:27:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 63d4bd137a3797a696b093e70a9cf667 SHA-1: dbfe10b9e15c8c605cb22fdca57d9cf90541286b SHA-256: 159bd81632d95c9a284bba78167b07e04cabd2e4223f0db469e57ed89afb3fcd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to external, potentially malicious websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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 http://kiko168.com/UploadFile/file/20210901161215568.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53q7r4kur3ioiae0b4tt51tlc8/93080058977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/42459455447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146a7d595226---sedirevubebinudaloja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://printjet.pl/pliki_user/File/37928437489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22cf61716ae8470445ba521b43ab8ad1/42675488621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cairparavel.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/75121076477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613540a505b64---47625896938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecostroyservis.ru/File/sewutuwobewebazafotaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gbfrjournal.org/pds/userfiles/files/darovidaxetuxibetif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wahluenfty.com/userfiles/27038892929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150a6ccd8f7d---xelug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imoroz.by/upload/file/58144628979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phelieuviethung.vn/upload/files/20888225433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kocarbonag.com/luutru/files/tudabinezosegatipikum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goksirkrupskimlyn.pl/img/upload/files/migedolav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/86647247943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorfusion.us/admin/images/file/wogajigigajadadaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mlbcsimleague.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16279694382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scouttautomotive.com/editor_uploads/system/files/tabotivusiroreli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/vanivaxuxibitivijon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shibbirs.com/media/files/48657529827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atmaircenter.com/lb/userfiles/files/72486742467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-union05.ru/files/file/pulemuzesedig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161455ec19627c---28136972905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-iyashinomori.net/yamituki-n/uploads/files/69466477878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=index+iptv+apkPDF 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_off0000b193.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB193 10160 bytes
SHA-256: 761f944ddaa21c80caec12a2810685402e732d99d76c10bed3b47a088e0b73d1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c868.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC868 15548 bytes
SHA-256: f8f8705178ae43f678bc42aafa407f8a6b526b2dd63ccf7746e9768f4543599a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f040.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF040 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1