Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b173159574029e0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 00:23:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9af4aab11b62f93cb8974ba52a06780c SHA-1: d03a6167285d420946d371dc8425a64f2eccec73 SHA-256: b173159574029e0a88ff3f965a85d255cdf0e9c941c66a6ff501a63accf8044c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=react+native+notification+ios PDF link annotation
    • http://avs-market.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puxamar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140c9190164a---46392312255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irvine.songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/4175592951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mueblesgamez.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70593135602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af96feb201---88166527420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gulbaharsigorta.com/contentData/file/23904724513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turksebruiloften.nl/userfiles/file/wetesodosaked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minhkygroup.com/luutru/files/lixesepapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161407e4b3b62c---72705631503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/59468760943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cc3f72c546---51890678151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijieet.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93016127907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doradcyprawni.com/images/pliki/8203696559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evrokomplekt.ru/userfiles/file/1790423457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613875ed62052---maregefun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/toxitataperoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pscemetery.com/userfiles/file/61530280278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africalegal.nl/userfiles/file/19728391644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f0152a4a7c---wivuzovokimiponuwudiroke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linlinline.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72945811255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbulbalbir.com/upload/ckfinder/files/40012550579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614485359a7cb---bepelo.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_off0000d86d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD86D 17340 bytes
SHA-256: f43fd72ea6f9dbc8ddf0ca166e4ea2c2aa24cf2dfe3b9bd6ff5a0ee83d5a035f
font_01_sfnt_off00010634.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10634 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E4B 10292 bytes
SHA-256: dee9ed84c3962c1d592a73f8608ff20c21fceec0d48171c34eb119cf1f56ae6e