Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51c1e8a1ff20993a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 16:46:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 41a96ae87297077cc38243ec74acbe75 SHA-1: 5429b26e9e919d407ca85ea775f56be98008be8a SHA-256: 51c1e8a1ff20993a3c746234630d7dbf90393e92f8979e4e540d612ea521f034
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple PDF download links suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://bahtiyardishekimi.com/fckfiles/file/tidaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eakqshop.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/zotojoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0c390c626d---mogemobejodarutefinot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b955836f757---7233732329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075d71a5309a---30193725240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehjjf96oi6eg6u5kjqm7v3hj33/kosujudezolanusebogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travellightnepal.com/userfiles/file/bidelodaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tempegaring.com/contents//files/josunizol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staresecurity.com/userfiles/file/78137305997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0e910104a---92462489113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b7v595ai0tdbar6hr2t7484ge/xozodiguwavizuduge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160bfbff387ae1---45253293573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oncallanatomist.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49100819326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c29badc7de3c1466610ce464b4fbcfdc/92807445905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vishalahospitality.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/datez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/gavekubadoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almar-bus.pl/userfiles/file/77098136968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7af367v9dq0d0lrbja994atems/4182748763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/91600441344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminencesolutions.in/resources/userfiles/file/merizimapadiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baaef6ad3fb---75070214343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dd13f06e8c925c7556f3d355741ca37/sikabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.haievent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5itipac8f8gfj3rsqd3g49li5d/99298082567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=he+is+humblePDF link annotation
    • http://perfecturology.cafe24.com/upload/editor/imagefile/24540404657.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_off0000ebfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBFB 17704 bytes
SHA-256: 6d55c085d67b9f56ce78b3c22601ec1c65ac86d799a1634aace6ccd011f403ed
font_01_sfnt_off00011a54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A54 10020 bytes
SHA-256: 69dc6824bfd497d425806c5437eef6734ce0ac8f46a4195b18a61a1ab01b59cd
font_02_sfnt_off0001307d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1307D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1