Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c51ada50795901f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:10:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3974fc523f237581fffcd1c4740e3b25 SHA-1: a7a8d9366efce6ec4b9d06964ef5b40b67976337 SHA-256: 4c51ada50795901f05254641712de3997e21915f9908c9518eb8d28715920867
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external PDF files, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads 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 distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external links points towards a spearphishing attachment vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://uci.ir/userfiles/file/zunafuzap.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kluchar.net/klucharnet/images/file/67796271828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/40758518183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://farmacieitaliane.com/documenti/file/44054643313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/29683082226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifebeachvilla.com/uploads/image/files/jikomujurogep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b56526c422a---22306470258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e146d3c69---86910188363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguoiquangphianam.com/uploads/files/tonijuxuwowaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d31d2116b71df113104145dac40bb71/4544308487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607252cfab9b5---22673635059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drigungkagyurinchenpalbarling.org/upload/userfiles/files/68938401804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnhaihui.com/userfiles/file/20210901091815_2064473199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wonwon.taipei/photo/file/zobefebovunoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1aff914d5dd7d8a68ba552b380b9dae8/wodapuruvisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/gobideviwumimivareg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeytraining.net/userfiles/file/88059049219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/202153019879114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewpilot.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/087d90874e0acbeae5e2a3921bad67ee/madexefekadukaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sirinthepgroup.com/userfiles/file/3249176631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2t5n3cr7h3vjcgd5dhif3s2l2/sigobunilepolipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/famobuzuzixoxozisajidit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rd2dmqnjv406k6cl1a2eb2m8k0/losapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c89b580b33761f4ae2d5a1fc473c94a8/61127738741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenmobile.in/jaipriyart/uploads/files/41432469822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=compound+words+worksheet+for+second+gradePDF 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_off0000d90b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD90B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f122.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF122 11240 bytes
SHA-256: a10a54804643dfda0089ad5242c4374e977e220302a8faa9cd628279ceecc289
font_02_sfnt_off00010b33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B33 18116 bytes
SHA-256: b96190d1bf1ee1a6f0302cc44c4ad3ede9db18f99f701abb329c55bf78395aad

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