Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51215e96f878b47c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.7 KB Created: 2021-09-18 14:09:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 577e5a8fac5df71b3550b657fefcb9d4 SHA-1: 27e2fa25d7e505c4d6e7665b7f201fa78d1a8a15 SHA-256: 51215e96f878b47c029201af93d0a053503bde92d4cb1e141138f5f2bf5ed3ab
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 CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicative of 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 embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://gramercy-grand.ru/files/file/10001224124.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://regimhotelierbucuresti.com/images/userfiles/14942033273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/firs89jv1gu5gdhgolei7pt1di/femujowazawujaxelorujavol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://montpellier-business-plan.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/mabafabaxipikibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cantinachitarra.it/userfiles/file/nidadobug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freetds.net/userfiles/file/86644642541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorestagno.eu/userfiles/files/bewekeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/dutedetulabade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eghamatkade.com/basefile/eghamatkadecom/files/49769998545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140c048d1fa9---32048715570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gevenschoenen.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sorab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7sate.com/filespath/files/20210905100241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lulanjina.net/upload/files/figibusuzejagikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qnzar.com/files/renikuluravefuzume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indagosrl.it/userfiles/files/bakukofagamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2deb746f519186886e3cffa9877fc5cc/98881211681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/js1pt9cjj39t7u92msoaknodt9/38112258932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tobn56.com/UpFiles/file/62804710363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a9175617f2---29064112085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasdeu.md/data/userfiles/files/77513416122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steakpluspizza.us/userfiles/file/vikaduzaxaxonatagadotozoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/dejudakekenedapidala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korsorlampang.net/user_img/files/70594144388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=borderlands+2+gibbed+codes+class+modsPDF 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_off0000c667.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC667 10928 bytes
SHA-256: f1f62ab2f49fe1a23494093c5f6a4526825a6759b5f8d733e6d4d16642d869cd
font_01_sfnt_off0000df84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF84 17548 bytes
SHA-256: 53f92873a8fe29a60acf3f5381525cc552e42d491cd999f8d5976c322f370e76
font_02_sfnt_off00010d7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1