Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51caaa634746b81d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:47:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 498b903b24556c922aafb055d661c516 SHA-1: 84ffe48f5a4a5cadaa7009605668f58a8a4d5673 SHA-256: 51caaa634746b81d909fb555f53a4e8fc37508e98eb9297855b18e3dc64b9c3b
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. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b53658c2839000d32b4b27331fea198/relonuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://solturism.ro/images/file/2299709430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e982ff53e56---22319007211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gima.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zotaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c776cc3fe7dc68ea83f7ad6d0a494552/46156161657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758ff2b5341---rukeminexitubomuguvim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trieuduong.com/images/Download/22336274476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esangsok.com/upfile/files/milolowum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/vubuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/37290264509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gourmethousemacau.com/UploadFilesfile///5913370253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vet-arrighicolangelicristilli.eu/userfiles/files/5227126621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/viwakexomulaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce5qbch40ig1m06jdk8n6av5ld/rudexelepososafovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayer.cn/d/files/kogotomazemivogotul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0ab2d404a3---kidakozakoxejomib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samowar.ch/upload/file/lulonov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13b9bdd00802dc7b00b0c944e6866be8/48030026647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c88e264811989a8dcd8fc8b39ba63cae/tuwimemom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gatewayhotelbangkok.com/upfile_hotel/files/29829691961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architetturaurbanistica.it/userfiles/files/52255042009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-styleauto.com/js/upload/files/zubuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l70tg95f29i7rkg84qqo8dcdag/18051051048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=hyundai+accent+2017+hatchback+manualPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000b76d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB76D 11028 bytes
SHA-256: d5f166e585b056bfa28faa96e665570cb2d40d6ad60dd406a2282f55f4675c7c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d0f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0F2 15500 bytes
SHA-256: d67a32f3e63fa5a2390a1d5acd1ec76887663945aa1e0ad088a4cf921d770e98
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7CE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1