Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51d673a289bf55c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.2 KB Created: 2021-07-30 13:28:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: d4b353ebeb651765a4202966dc5cfe7d SHA-1: c866b29ef73b740c42336e9268bb59da32634a08 SHA-256: 51d673a289bf55c3eabd888809c44c12e96700e8e0eb0aa5e9ee57a47ad93029
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/rinelabevaziniropoka.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/gigizipedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalilak1.com/userfiles/file/39812581623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d5994a7b2---miradode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103b23e98ff5---85949257703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3e6efd837c89f6af884703da5ffd279/dukekoxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c44a3af33ccacd09853f47b11d3ebd71/gizitamirozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83976781674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b86cc963abf---82228396621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kodeac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2t99voh0vhgi2to6henhtfc9a5/vejefamijutidiwenulelatix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto4-spb.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/galira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0allrcv1ggae495vnabpelcvhm/zosijifalave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/49865817784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c47c98e7600---wasopalaxobeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alate.org/admin/fckeditor/editorfile/30786637767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intergeored.com/upload/File/pimexifixulibofaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/71005269705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/97442624726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210708_03AD3723D087BEA4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160918cba92845---23844812731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772343bfb41---97459580889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28a139f7c8d2835eeb263f84da5070b7/60225404520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/vazurigoreluveboriviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4fb8526d4---rovowugegajeruzabakonev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=pocket+anesthesia+5th+edition+pdfPDF 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_off000165d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x165D3 18032 bytes
SHA-256: 5c6b3ee99b3a02960a9dcb90956ffec6d569a1326e787ca93f38d6eb2b33535b
font_01_sfnt_off00019520.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19520 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001ad37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AD37 10796 bytes
SHA-256: 078b45fcd16683319b413115eebc489684b14be31d01df6288f812bc7f965a24