Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51a423e201f9b7f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-18 21:00:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: fd865aae89f45372d224e3a03e7dff82 SHA-1: 40682d9f12ce0a19b5c7f2271527dc079a3f1e79 SHA-256: 51a423e201f9b7f9296d6abba507a1ac433c66d4daa588bfceacd724ddd7a79c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis point to a malicious document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/231b9a30b6e4e37285acab10a49162c6/vobabowuzufav.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e8e6d711c---bubewatelul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jokilaaksonratsastajat.fi/file/9128489054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzdsbg.com/uploadfile/1625637969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c2ec9616b---pugegorivoviduzapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608378359a6d6---76553754153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rogersdesignhouse.com/uploads/files/nixekorebogirojowama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/fekifetitadenerunolajegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beac220798a700edd106c9c0f7cf16e2/76793592837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardatrans.com/content/Files/nijovenimubozetivoxiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb980358d5---87153866159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74e696aae58d15b52731c34d431f16c6/984079047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a8bcda282---85780628342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guineaservicesproviders.com/gsp/files/zugizuzajariwum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modamoda.nl/uploads/pic_lib/file/mabagozuwigawofokinikan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3738ebd1b---witunemisodotobekibifedep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7tec.ru/userfiles/files/lawumub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856a2df0b17---3012022807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/lakaredoworobowez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/sudivakeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b258c50173f---gazawilanometa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/zotodiluvilowaroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1nvb8nrm064q4bpump2lppub4/12077744910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/10815666106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/file/gujapipev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=chatting+format+for+dating+pdfPDF 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_off0000fd71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD71 10628 bytes
SHA-256: 4c4d2a805465733daf2ee7897c21c2adf27570d65836e520ff23e6340623556e
font_01_sfnt_off00011552.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11552 17772 bytes
SHA-256: 3f5a4f5ce7fa02deac1d9b96748b24a09ba2f70eda1e796b4d664f00d4718ef6
font_02_sfnt_off000142ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1