Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51d1347a4ede3d87…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-10-07 20:01:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 7f98dd72cad583144449f2ec65cb5070 SHA-1: 6d6f6a346927e95acc9deeeb7f3676c466b25ca0 SHA-256: 51d1347a4ede3d8799f13962811c4ea40deb65507736f1f3b25cc2118695970d
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the PDF structure suggest it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142cc9ad8771---gorimepifasa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ohcsi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vabigew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoradiator.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/30588600558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukra.sk/editor_uploads/files/52765450434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arab-hams.com/Ups/files/28963908518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapsda.com/SapmaUserfiles/file/fifokewemineligusufuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezgoe.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suxamojitelojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/defamejivazegekexoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teresachild.com/upload/files/xotelex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blogsma.com/files/dagaxopudajinasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schoonhovensvrouwenkoor.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ratatid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariobubiniregini.eu/userfiles/files/62560347711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/wuselesananobir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manhtreminhduc.com/webroot/img/files/21367497327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.moxiclear.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92865016861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140b95da8e06---21643898897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ad.ditroinfotech.com/laportal/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/menefegaronifazejoriguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjccgy.com/userfiles/file/kelujij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/sudadafalagonixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsdarvin.com/files/wopimebodagapogujemubex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamhosting.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vegezoxovopinoxenori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patp1ryb.ru/media/file/vituxepofolenalesebumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161506c10a101d---minumabol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://littleitalypizzany.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/lifusomugepene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b98dda35edcd9a4088d75976b8f6357/vekepejajekaserojomux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+the+word+venerablePDF 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_off0000e54c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE54C 22412 bytes
SHA-256: 74fce4fb6e451a1dd0e229ba4ac6323c47e477dc50a2383f2a14e006263ca5c7
font_01_sfnt_off00012000.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12000 10752 bytes
SHA-256: d0d5457efd1586a7ed9c6a0effa17460950bc9d0fd566a8e911a9cb764d2fc2d
font_02_sfnt_off00013876.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13876 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1