Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 151c7eb16fda7cf5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-09-18 23:37:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 551a0ee0e2fdf18f7f4f1f1be5cf175b SHA-1: d64ef1161537fdd04d128f95a4a9e4bc246ad433 SHA-256: 151c7eb16fda7cf5b807efbec22e8857981207ee136abf7add7f419d54d090cb
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to link farms, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ritascreation.com/userfiles/file/16664905925.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nhakhoauytinhaiphong.com/upload/files/fasajuvep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161418debbdd50---73546989805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pijntherapie.be/uploads/files/gupazamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niezapominajkowo.eu/userfiles/file/83105703056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalonlineexam.tisaracademy.com/userfiles/files/12002061605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiantiffin4me.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/pamozejazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://larben.cz/media/images/upload/file/73276758280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiszaikaland.hu/upload/file/89390814920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/83686525226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laboratoriologos.it/userfiles/files/vaguju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvmdigital.gr/files/files/paxujar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130bc03b9d69---lafuwalulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherriestattoo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jovawopulaniralakil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59ad8e8a7aad15271df8ab61e5d8bc5e/30672854001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614558377e06b---fajowopibizemakajoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45417368119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpcad.pl/Upload/file/jufabijavajojilel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahounova.cz/userfiles/file/17722727380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geya99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15190235844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floralojistik.com/userfiles/file/nubogakubemoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beming.com/ressource/site-image/files/xunutavupazejol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puntodeplacer.com/userfiles/file/suxojuwoferetezaraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youil.org/userData/board/file/nobewinedukafala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=cinema+hd+v2+no+adsPDF 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_off00010651.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10651 18836 bytes
SHA-256: 57b8243c14b18c453842facad0c7f93cd004f097f683ec911d2ddb8cb07be186
font_01_sfnt_off000136d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136D6 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 1d41c0b0f5e470c1a4d2d50b5467dec1e86fcd73b9c5206b80fbb2443c53d94c
font_02_sfnt_off00014e8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1