Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51a08ec2a4f15487…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-03 03:52:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8d3cbb09fb8fd0116a239deb7423197a SHA-1: 9a8a0265e6d83957122e0fb0f9238b1ef666591f SHA-256: 51a08ec2a4f15487e99eb2a85b52c05beec2b8b7e5dfd01c937a81e2b58505cd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a09c4f7d68d1272547697e6dabae5fb/39733360360.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d219b738fad---66048876376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a8b5d403fba8b15a509b38bdd1e0b6b/zuzutegobazinebowokape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6e6a5341f7---rofesazasubixipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76pv2tede0bjls10npn5furtq5/53880483474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejede.com/userfiles/file/83863518322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bab0c4a1fe---defemasapitexodemesafigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714be71071e---14908234022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggm2a13rqcfimi6reb3hsu7713/48253324755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88pge3kq9k3a0rcopbpnia5r0b/91637910041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37b78cae93337c93615391387f748abd/76468168047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p88g0cigu1vuig6qk2bovnv1o5/68998229449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiwendq.com/userfiles/file/94113280509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7cb8a71512e617255728eed49892812/42555631330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/89302078174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66f3423299909904ddfa3c2624dd8c30/92293276708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monktonlionsclubkidscamp.com/clients/9/99/99b8b5517e5fb663501b7ee5137ebf55/File/49062088098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac27f88970---29693326147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investmentskillsgroup.com/images/userfiles/file/72844740317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a99514a6615---vokazubetifewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca0364cce8e---50895440667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/riwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=projected+home+plate+umpiresPDF 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_off0000f756.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF756 10908 bytes
SHA-256: ec4e359e8d9e9cae1bee91de7ee774ed3613f00f016c2c1cd1893afdc5b96ac9
font_01_sfnt_off0001108d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1108D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001289f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1289F 17672 bytes
SHA-256: d947fd997febfb4ae0665b5597aaa823320a2927f59a7ad92fb0d7527f29e226