Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51298dc6a0c69eed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-09-19 14:13:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6cf9bef0f54f2b9604e7739a22e3ebbe SHA-1: 4466fa1257e20b341b21f820c2f161875a589fcb SHA-256: 51298dc6a0c69eedec622b254403eec9d90b23a886d85a9890eb0a4f5f6cc09e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure, indicated by multiple heuristic firings related to external URL links and compromised CMS uploads. The presence of numerous links, including one to a potentially compromised WordPress upload directory, suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with common phishing and malware delivery techniques.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=saturday+night+fever+full+movie+free+online PDF link annotation
    • http://allivecoat.com/userData/board/file/48645444164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homearcky.nl/userfiles/file/pagage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-barrierfree.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210919_1E819C689F537880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ewdel.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jimesamawinafipematav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fc-junajted.com/upload/datoteke/33611606777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueparadise.pl/userfiles/file/70477695478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0575zl.com/userfiles/file/27094146711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourmoneyyourbank.com/uploads/File/7579864238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/nosomifirorene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colegiosantarosa.com/uploads/imagem/file/xupusijov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesurmakina.com/userfiles/file/rubonuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refpecsbelvaros.hu/kepek/files/tenukipilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145933de5d77---tadopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/mamesufojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xosobacninh.vn/webroot/img/files/91312179643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bdafc23f00d8559e6a3c1ae529d73e89/68857107932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantellodetersiviprofessionali.it/uploads/file/92410513707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastervgtour.by/var/upload/file/sedirepawixozufesifemev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioituigiay.net/uploads/files/ziputikonofedizilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ff76596396---42792846815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/ragezujexuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulmarconsult.com/files/bajezaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e985d3b705---89373568732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kor-ra.ru/UserFiles/file/76085534518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cathita.vn/upload/files/jasajapiwava.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_off0000b247.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB247 10988 bytes
SHA-256: aa6e6812712f44634a2d85b18fc96a3d21ea98c8b7f117d6ebd97a2cc22cfbf6
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB6C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e37e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE37E 14324 bytes
SHA-256: a4b06ab38922abc8a652ec107d214120c50328bfa78b59b36915b39578c461fe