Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 159dcfb330f31022…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-08-20 07:21:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 52ef938e7573fba662826502fcf212c6 SHA-1: 5f1c9a16c599c2c7772c2209b9473ab1711a3e6d SHA-256: 159dcfb330f31022c070107dc19338a30c8fa97f821a44e383e0be61173f8b25
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=assetto+corsa+le+mans+cars PDF link annotation
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/gikaduwipebuxafuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://postelezmasivu-praha.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sexifomonoxozug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160746b2c266b0---11985585488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/72233898856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dijladentalcenter-qa.com/userfiles/file/simuxorazupav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff97d6dcceaf84b76bc84f1c7b1980b9/rejopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef2eb2115d795ecb7ba3d9200d566964/51592723863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3m84t6o26fbp0ofdna7pckvfi5/96733132512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ead546b0a3c0d157875dd51639c3464f/bukizamazabodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/dolomomodonezabuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lhs60to70.com/clients/3/32/32806278e47d7e4d905c37b1d6ebf04a/File/zefak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926a691b0a7---metulunaridinaferasawub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaaadfwa5aftjhxrkcrg8iwc.xn--p1ai/pict/file/22219929710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verynailscm.com/user_img/file/begujola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jdt6sg2b8p2r1g3s108ppht6dm/rubivefozegeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/49023450591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tese.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35503902719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/md8cvlkem50m201j50egjeeaoa/81913316743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5of7edwardstreet.com/assets/media/files/mijoxinenufazugagiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cd87ad792ce613d94507a6a93803f16/nuwonumidejum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb82dab5b4e---noxobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3galds8ub5h50ot2nnrblr98p5/51841137542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatsah.com/webroot/img/files/nebuxopususupikasi.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_off0001007b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1007B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001188d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1188D 20116 bytes
SHA-256: 85e859b117e159652401f5f5f5b00df210a5bcecb53fc67a733620355690331e
font_02_sfnt_off00014b9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B9B 10280 bytes
SHA-256: 14c41eef48fa43519060f072a8cdf199773d022af6adc0e26dae7788f34b9fa3

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