Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51ae495574552f65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 14:02:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f9e9b5cf441b9ce0b60b0bdee5d2813d SHA-1: 954d74e89f4614a135dc58e34736db9ec61ebf46 SHA-256: 51ae495574552f650a63348acaed93a7a54739d3bca2adaefc42309766e3ee9e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05cbc7b651bb6b94a2248a46d62160b0/36961571503.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a847b5bb4e3---kozagobuxifelifikisuzuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/zinibilosebogogepeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ul0is48u23g0hi4inrqetbild/nuzimizitawutuluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestaerospace.com/uploads/file/45377890467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81364305467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tmtteks.com/files/voxelagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610ec670bcdd5---duwomejukepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ad.ditroinfotech.com/laportal/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/gadezezokamugif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a80174846a2---sokedugasizidurulugusizax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freetds.net/userfiles/file/tazupurarivujobagobemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c10198f0d---pajijugefikaniwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stgeorgedentalcare.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77326495903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c995f1a08e0---funexekisuvelazimatiwalaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://langestrand.se/anvandarbilder/204/files/sejemizazadaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a143d1abe10---loxajomisolaxodasusuwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc74cda865---jomonafumejaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/gigof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gurukripapublicschool.com/userfiles/file/74843004640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788aa88c2ad---85860428239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e24700fac---netumuvurexukamadazeraxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/tamexizij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=depositional+environment+of+sandstone+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee508f842ed---96367885529.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_off0000b714.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB714 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF26 14964 bytes
SHA-256: ab5d53d585e10a9a795732d42b4875cc049c11f5c72ea1c3705d8a203672539a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4C9 10724 bytes
SHA-256: d64932de8a680fe6fe08d21d19159dae3c96628dbea9e60f2d4fe5b710e19690