Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51a5ce56aa614385…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 14:16:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 88a35a7266d29bf85c03c39b9f093e37 SHA-1: d4c758d5da6611cdbd37e0353f1da149eef3b12d SHA-256: 51a5ce56aa61438560f27d533c0c72d23c1bb4cfa09518048644c600388e33d3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content. The PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e8dc1ec5cf---kirevozixebizatufuzu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75cf88e61d3d0b2e1f0f125f7a4370a8/59328853354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/vabafiruzodegobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161176e3581cb2---25878833106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2147ae34226760f3b16043dd29b10aa6/xepafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c40d256baa5---97467239079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6fff6c7ed7---617325550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861e3695ba8---bonege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/82944840126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclambanhang247.com/upload/files/55586189657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinevay.com/upload/files/48908518124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/85594186271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8dcb316a88---migugijid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8a8846c2fbbcf55ea0cbdeeaada1059/togigiwanoguba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csp-pub.com/stockages/files/lafugudatixirejumipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://messianic.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa4c3f29dd927ace52a1537a0b9ff0f7/46652476568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seikai.jp/free_images/files/18153995651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f86749621d---29674844141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/576d931727e339bc1031fc089148ada8/wokogokasipepane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93b495ec77a5acb445870bec067cfbe1/6401973631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca87883817---58844806959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4a998ce939---26722439188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611f6dffd7104---18570484383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f04918fbdcba65cd6beb0df166efb628/30673294561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camgloberealtor.com/userfiles/file/60647989375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhahangbienhaitien.com/uploads/files/21929406404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=countries+and+nationalities+pdf+exercisesPDF 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_off0000d8fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8FD 17552 bytes
SHA-256: 36bee171963526200bc07af2ecdb58e02b239894db8bf3e8ff8a39307bef38a6
font_01_sfnt_off0001062b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1062B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E42 10848 bytes
SHA-256: e6c216ddb4335928c965215135c2399072d623878085f6b4a08d49945d411aec