Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51a5b73feec60367…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-07-19 19:53:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9f9232c21bee087febe369d75a2bf634 SHA-1: 96d58463d8dc0df12676bccc55c521f2b989016c SHA-256: 51a5b73feec603675c6623d8476e3d4fd89ba73d7f203db85fff31f55415518a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9765

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://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adedfa649b4---werukilofilomamezep.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72b433ef57---fovuravifuboduzeluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ecb3fbc390---28430287352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607451ddb14dc---56506960108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thompsonhigh1980.com/clients/4/48/48b9e10b24f1ac3c627dfd5bb8c45987/File/pokogitefivugupav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89c00345b0dc30ee29ff1af3f0598a60/kedenenusopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3dad6e28f9---45480410704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/22806277964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slide-bearing.com/d/files/99349777302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dfd4e55f961e0a929e16f05fc910b1c/rivosefavijewisababe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g116b4rhh0idfdlr9j6c8ijvs0/723562192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cae67be554f---wedon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimus.org.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608550e3c7cea---rutugaziregejaliwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/komixujinoxeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/219d71f7968df5d4bb08dd71c2a23b55/wazatadiwolasokomowux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dismaplant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24498190270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rubivina.com/Images_upload/files/66352038814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imi.vc/upload/files/77301975321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba67d15ed31---46535724224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deb448dadcf9ffa6c36df2f2311f1724/jakenawesekebetijit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/33685862993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a66da87987d---ralorumetabukometapix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/gozopijonadiruvenanet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/94309419856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74773845393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissworldbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/suviwupaxatuzukoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=congruent+triangles+are+always+similarPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e9c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9C5 17392 bytes
SHA-256: 7fd4d6101ce23eba194d08a14be7f82eaa55d047dd420a292d87830b9f1b0152
font_01_sfnt_off000117f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117F3 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 8cee7ad4f1efa3b2a5042339fb0a7076cd526e427b9dd4a47c7abcccb1f55fb5
font_02_sfnt_off000130e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130E3 16168 bytes
SHA-256: 34837fdfed7e6dc9e8c1ebc45eabef1064a6e89f8cd536305124148a4af1fb29
font_03_sfnt_off0001467a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1467A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1