Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51a60a7a916d178c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-08-21 12:08:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: cbd074b41a4111bd197f4fa5d4b9fd08 SHA-1: 79ada020a59a790475e28c426324a433fb65371f SHA-256: 51a60a7a916d178c15df6a27c30670992aa3355a03044e668a37924c2a7a1511
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=samsung+allow+mock+locations+android+10 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa1a9a79e7e---malarexegerokiwaxepoxav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.com/userfiles/files/57564773158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dogot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gilendor.cz/userfiles/file/69612361069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/83918036629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nevjegykiraly.hu/userfiles/files/lojowomuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://promador.pl/userfiles/file/95114032843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddacf11d825---73360479596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://derey.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/37760823242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesnowmanicecream.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/delivuziperibeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076964e90c00---5158391878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eafc8a855d43f309e45672b97f808dd4/16483943376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bazivuvokiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verandapattaya.com/userfiles/files/mofelareturufikibowez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809ec5d2c43---57118076200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3989ff5afd2ea283731e473d627e97fd/runafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cevhertemizlik.com/userfiles/files/sozilup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3icopsvj2okhso7bo9dik7174o/57577238147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609141f43b73a---zoborezitobomuwejopevexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://censcakmu.org/board/file/files/xafojakisifozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/933998d774e3b70e00008af35ad15887/79284408872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushimura1.com/uploads/files/sirefabovopexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/94212186022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094822920285---32564379608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/nuvunojazituraxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f05002086a3fabc3703914c3fd5e98b/57568042703.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_off0000e7ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7EF 11108 bytes
SHA-256: ed75ae94fc19da7d9fdf59828259b75d6bc7dd73a14527185f59a07596f07fcf
font_01_sfnt_off000101af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101AF 17256 bytes
SHA-256: af5321fc03928562d15159f7cff1a878c2587d46d1dc25b684290e873518e34b
font_02_sfnt_off00012e3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E3A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1