Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51d2676a7d6599a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-09-16 20:59:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4a941cc8ab7ade45a825477adcae37d2 SHA-1: 95ad09092f240d075e3457ecd3e68c57fb9d2680 SHA-256: 51d2676a7d6599a248c75869e4766ab86c43ad58481b2e4ff1defda26940d059
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

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 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+check+spy+app+in+phone PDF link annotation
    • https://j26clean.com/upload/files/zajoxavazeposibowofesepot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/duvivisusunurerid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safetyhanoi.com/userfiles/file/xesinimekofedosoreve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dynamic1984.com/user_file/file/noxafodabusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/83851259053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminenceconstruction.ca/viking1/uploads/files/24407697220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokebarslo.com/uploads/files/7419077786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bischofs-scheune.de/userfiles/file/jojejuvofofabugoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cungcapthitdetuoi.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/zizadoxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dvreuk1k9eft2dpiir4dkn631/lisif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/sixibafiwedopozux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suchanekstomatolog.pl/files/file/pevafubivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmakler.org/userfiles/file/sifave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b305a507cf921ba944112ca90f250df/78711590874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnartourism.com/uploads/file/piworodofemisarojikuredix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/lilepara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2r-auto.com/uploadfiles/file/2021090122535173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5n24vngl1vieomu1kqknh45hq/gitaregujado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blsautomation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gafisisiruwuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spandoekland.nl/userfiles/file/daxedoxukegutatug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613983eca6776---lutav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interstroy96.ru/uploads/files/wuzavufiwefugesubes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbtfilm.com/uploads/files/nasitugowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viprealestatebrokers.com/userfiles/files/zuwevowazapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drukarnia-skawina.pl/app/webroot/media/files/50556611057.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_off0000e4e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcf8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCF8 10608 bytes
SHA-256: b323c623475c1e2a619fbab8f8bc12878082ec0325c43ba5ca93485e94e3ff96
font_02_sfnt_off00011543.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11543 17588 bytes
SHA-256: 21e36c2551a5cf134ee7f7fc71a68d0a278f4ed219bbf3d174aa0098ba31ee57