Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 151da53e116d1a8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-08-11 04:41:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: c1b1cd9cfd61d82cfa828dfe64d94756 SHA-1: 20b368d80712e28a8df226cdd15b5f5b758b54ab SHA-256: 151da53e116d1a8ae9955e6e1b6e8f635c19cb128603056f3e36a444803fb61f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also hosts a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 http://cupta.org/userfiles/files/20210531230542.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mma-montessori.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98766928244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirutte.com/newsfiles/files/65147444913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carscaso.com/js/upload/files/tosejemodopomuwikisiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/lagekojuvodefoviketoxuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nepodoshlo.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ridajixewax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/76800454304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd49f8929c---zinibimevuzesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/71272608844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2bd5617c25---73845563465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elger.cz/fckphotos/file/tumafadajot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baihsad.com/userfiles/files/20210721_051551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719c0cc407e---91048246629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5b480b7b3---xebazixozipod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hb10irovsp7m6g85pvo3ok414v/morexunipegumomivirofotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b51e1eacc8319a9238aec287f97b952/fivarabewubamuwixuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerocuki.hu/user/file/bilasovumurugitonozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab8a066058---88052395323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietxetai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fv58623urhmhn5t0u7n1e9eu1n/62883253306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/muzozujoxuwakosuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/milegaleke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7887ba75e2---supere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce502be31f82e46b4f7b6f40a5d899a9/sokepeduxarelikizuluja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=staples+paper+shredder+will+not+turn+onPDF 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_off0000e59b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE59B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDAD 17592 bytes
SHA-256: a0e2d224e4c2b6bbb408d7800f3a7e640584168c29b3f039273290a2e16007d8
font_02_sfnt_off00012b6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B6E 10748 bytes
SHA-256: fe95304c152365c289591141119ec9b38c81b5cd1a7b94d1df55c585d4a40859