Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51c13a488e2f2a56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-08-11 20:14:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 74d70f0bfd06e6246bf87b0ac5e5e1a3 SHA-1: 89233a93e02b516bffc2d56a25cd668054f832cd SHA-256: 51c13a488e2f2a56be523f8d2e1223fcba1b422f6521a53167772d2ed720e23f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=factoring+polynomials+by+grouping+worksheet+with+answers+algebra+2 PDF link annotation
    • http://megalaserasia.com/upload///67293247424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mya1fc.com/files/ckuploads/files/1181854664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608750b36f47b---tirafab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/wixeluvijolofar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd042f388df---10266157686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/45619731063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25ec6193bf484f6454c0ee333bf9bb15/15151547766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkim.vn/upload/files/mekin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jikaramen.com/uploads/files/46352362899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c425cc00ea1cca0a1c78495fd4e4018/47522625591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c523cb13d83448e7684c73e655f6d755/bovelilikumavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bulgariapools.com/contents//files/97305514870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jaika.in/images/documents/files/788878305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/62515011308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaaa69bf140803fdfb7292873704f879/94894138885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb1657abc4634751962cc1a441568b1d/buxopuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609769069d061---milapanuviziwereb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-16/20210516233918471331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a886f444f7e---25830119711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shared401k.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50f8bff00ae7a6d3cbe5574ebc6d5dc1/94701356890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/userfiles/file/gatigumososadime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fapapozogonuduzojavaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charontrade.hu/data/file/damuvisivel.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_off0000dfb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFB9 11448 bytes
SHA-256: dfceb3fe7ea6be3a5b8c174c36375d40f5bc422c840e3653730932901d86a177
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA87 16628 bytes
SHA-256: 763d1d5150167e814d5502b2935dd825c2737fca2bbf495a667dbf732d0c3d6c
font_02_sfnt_off00012585.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12585 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1