Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2051531de6658822…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-20 00:56:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 92b28d21bf784b3c204013d22add7efa SHA-1: d3f77da87e295b351c3689376a4ba14fcb74989c SHA-256: 2051531de6658822f0d87bbea8c9953d167c12a8d909d4e660df2ff2d6dc7552
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload or phish credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+ubuntu+android+emulator PDF link annotation
    • https://newshieldinsurance.com/demo/gsa/final/images/file/gabapomuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ca91dc9b54---84893717708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-grafik.de/userfiles/file/13795006610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radtel-sport.pl/userfiles/file/sitanimejupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://186086.com/upload/files/54185689839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seibyou-koujien.com/files/files/11991970521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41936e9a09e21e700bf896325c05ff50/ninerarawukezixiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neoneofitou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fiwebusetupidamufet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friend5190.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19578745756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abcoegypt.com/userfiles/files/xujuwagiwowobejas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4179a1c25b2579739942bb756e57b6fe/76159573448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents/files/61229904316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43417804059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scouttautomotive.com/editor_uploads/system/files/52096603040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnsteeldetailing.com/UserFiles/files/jerurivubifonakejexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nufipovamepusisipow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cf13fa84d2---4690935887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edaf2c2188183739cbcd28984ae2501f/22255957397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://devcons.org/uploads/userfiles/files/dorovuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brixtontaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/20055366794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantryscan.com/123cars/imagefck/file/josuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fnathservices.com/upload/file/55048979639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbp.hastatis.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/33497660119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gastriklandsbf.se/UserFiles/files/24956957987.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_off0000c419.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC419 16632 bytes
SHA-256: 977b0494b0035b1aed65e2dad61fee5841dc27a83b6b34a7c90fb2d696e194ba
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF0F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010726.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10726 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 22b80a49011987e7595db106d70610eeec9d40a3a0238884989fa415c6edce88