Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51551c66c43ab14d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-10-04 22:28:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 0055d7af66054816936cd36bac1dfe8f SHA-1: 1c67ca3c965067225e61991a190028678cc22c23 SHA-256: 51551c66c43ab14df013053942a0b1da00f30b20445d4171abe086cfb24b9c77
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. This suggests the document is designed to exploit vulnerabilities or lure users to malicious content hosted on these compromised sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613af89f25315---24746310121.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16150f4ded5261---20629036704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77232351330e3bdb62f6cd0876e2b6d2/92509173800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zebcom.in/userfiles/file/dorebasereded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafeau1ait.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/girugibanamadawiseki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/57858430502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytbozhuo.com/upload/file/232101229850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.swaving-stalinrichting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xabarigamebolinagexele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161539728ee6dd---tesib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nriloan.jctoursandtravels.in/files/lolorese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzmanwebci.com/calisma2/files/uploads/vefegadefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iowatriallawyer.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/boxosaredojez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///xonazilafenibab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langfordfinancialservices.com/userfiles/files/xitamudefidovofesagotabow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourgans.org/userfiles/files/90475743754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anbao.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/siginoded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortworthdental.net/cmsCart/upload/file/nazuxanasesigavuxosadomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b7d8kijsi6dkkcc3inc9clti2/tajan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krupongs.com/images/file/dilajide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/wekowadutekopojolusuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimaytinhcu.vn/upload/files/20181528702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malovanesklomh.cz/images/file/bojapikutanige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadeite.ru/images/file/zimifamapukater.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=which+doesn+t+belongPDF 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_off0000e07d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE07D 19080 bytes
SHA-256: 4cee0b0305bb69509d17aa0358f89b34b32ce72959ba3d7193f2777fc382933d
font_01_sfnt_off00011255.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11255 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A6C 10520 bytes
SHA-256: baaa5377eef303eca5e78abd0e265c6995a88a0b70eceec3d6bbcb963185f807