Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51c8423ab27c6c88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 00:19:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 12fd0744400d69f38ac4ad42b459cc6a SHA-1: d11a2d446055959cafddb1a89ca53cb0e5e6daa5 SHA-256: 51c8423ab27c6c88de53f1c527cdc9bbf331d46c04428ea6afcda7722e0ce5e9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=active+directory+windows+2012 PDF link annotation
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff333288eb---38452601595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea469578dbe065d9012a72edfc9beec7/ginejiginefifodosuniwifem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160710e8094c94---15587198170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wojno-stal.pl/pliki/file/sexekebibujademenixumidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/51532822174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076ae1147097---vuxudipavava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba63cf0ec37---xokif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b1350b027---52666414489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/50940576449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a05d4dac7---38278247865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ungaggoksdb1gcga5b82nrms67/90803327336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/921a8db698e432c5bf7338026a53b8e0/sukogesux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/668068292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fokusmedia.com/images/uploads/varemigalurevipidotenesel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adeeadaf4b1---36331520864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efc14fb65ae548b44c1ea569a2a25655/72752756477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c0310e2d0---zazosemidorodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caphegiabao.com/upload/fck/file/kakojutijubigij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosvag.ru/img/lib/file/pivoxilaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/453e5d6c9b624a614f9faf5dd496b940/linesiriginiraledasarij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c06b32d4bb142966740399b1e93599b3/44512571732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ec81529a4d9604234ac9dba2524eec5/jolexuboxonan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a985f2d73f3---27459242300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonahotel.vn/UpLoadFile/file/14390312852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1606f0aca242d8---jalodukagulatud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kencert.vn/uploads/image/files/vefiwiridaxorin.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_off0000ea1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA1C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001022e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1022E 16980 bytes
SHA-256: 4e057380dcd528c26518a7bb2573053f4c6b2d97f744edde935d038145eb5121
font_02_sfnt_off00012df5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DF5 10696 bytes
SHA-256: ddba9c2d1b8e2bce09da8b43493d3b2f6984b763541cf730cc37143b43a292e4