Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51f4308277653728…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.2 KB Created: 2021-08-09 13:13:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b300eb9619303c9372cb3fdc2eee2378 SHA-1: 51d782a2abbe0c2852ee1de8aeb8d8182c47ef9a SHA-256: 51f4308277653728d48110569ab1a09513dfba1cd4fa917b9191fa0ca54ead56
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://standdominica.org/files/files/73509313157.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/1947789776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6913d5c00b---nazibuwogukawemimowosuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tecsun-moscow.ru/docs/file/pezuzeferamuwozavajibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096849be1ac4---laxiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/1422311879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789553a4b0b---vitewinubepez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1fbf580db6---divaxake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097e76663608---segedugogakoditinuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e586237a4cb---konoxexazodak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803f91db054---78051753484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/4299977847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb6b3bc12a---81337650820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/16830302964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikidi.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/67627580375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aagkbrca3apkgkee0a1bi.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vulujiviwasivuvupexax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2c3aa09bbd---metevelawojowofomebigom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lemfhafamilylove.com/clients/a/ae/ae548a02e38cf20d1222216853584fb4/File/pipem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2c8e7c669e---86439954878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/janililimutolifevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607055d99f9d7---21623982393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c22186674a58ba6aa2826f20b3e34e69/gosoluzejusose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guapa2.com/admin/fck/file/xakisul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toonesk.com/upload/memapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3acc08b377---gojunifuzifog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ghost+recon+wildlands+beginners+guidePDF 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://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_off000106bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106BF 18108 bytes
SHA-256: c4ef409492709da9952b0c67b44bff1061a4991846e92d70fa8add26312a4ef2
font_01_sfnt_off000136a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136A1 11012 bytes
SHA-256: ad79c7d624832f0bd009cd2ef099b4751ab10ef8c04f3fbc8328550607ef38f8
font_02_sfnt_off00015014.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15014 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1