Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51a0add47ea1dd11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-07-13 08:54:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f35e0051877e7d043f71fb364a4263bd SHA-1: 5b7212720889b592cf7e48f011636ecae1f9ba9e SHA-256: 51a0add47ea1dd11ee8b2415f4ff5013a85002e3867ee7c5609d60dcbff5aee3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further malicious actions, such as downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bryony+frost+racing+today PDF link annotation
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c71bef1bc05---32800566190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a67bacf37---59011456926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heizler.hu/files/file/danixalotudekarigogawur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/39684991600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a559e71d7---73644735565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c372192a023---bijaledapolote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d452af2f305267cf20d76c7d6ecc7740/97465818019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m46ev4kf72nn52h8fqikvllsq7/3236584751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c877b8a0e8ecd18b98b477cce5c41af7/17570623949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb7cd99944d---11580330460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b01c77086c2---fanubibizuloketejilola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bistro-e.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cef4ce0080---27557245908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tribo.kz/userfiles/File/dotepedizedibepovugezol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/xijowiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur1.com/contents//files/levirotaxiwokozas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4uam1edt8qlt7cfd3ggtapohq8/70284687249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/mivogizugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17138356085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/manubiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b07b0f3490d---52530349382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f0875391c---fumuposevanowidug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp72.com/clients/7/7b/7b902bee17765b19ebdde6030f24742d/File/tarisebudasupiduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhvi.com/upload/files/67968582216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arzhosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/puxivaxidupagovevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607357b51ccea---94037710824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607479c447340---74687735684.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_off0000e078.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE078 10640 bytes
SHA-256: d55588ee92511d1619777d54d1a2aa45fc794350c8bbb6695397a29919d25042
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8D5 16828 bytes
SHA-256: bc7f1be1b608ec87f237a6b195e25a916cabc5ec0e31f611570656f1cbf1ce96
font_02_sfnt_off000124b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1