Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51fb6c15bbf72579…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.3 KB Created: 2021-09-15 17:24:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: b12cd0b2a6a0fb0bd8fc5515cb572f3e SHA-1: c97c62025bb2885ebe68fcb03efe97f2ea1a6b42 SHA-256: 51fb6c15bbf7257935477aa302a3b089214bc40f323780c8f43dcff9e7cb017a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many hosted on disposable domains or compromised CMS uploads. The links are designed to appear as firmware downloads, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of embedded JavaScript and the link farm structure strongly indicate an attempt to trick the user into downloading and executing further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+firmware+samsung+galaxy+ace+3+gt+s7270+kitkat PDF link annotation
    • http://franceplus.fr/userfiles/file/59652267507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holland-ex.com/images/blog/file/2366610008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compagniaviaggi.gattinonimondodivacanze.it/themes/userfiles/files/koxagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sun-green.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99503088806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krcatikyonetimi.com/userfiles/file/36260753428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://commsoft.nu/demo/ktb/wsmbilder/files/47606149557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vip-cond.ru/userfiles/file/noxolizobifonelipulepivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/1754267674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup1.com/contents/files/suzozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingmingtai.com/filespath/files/20210915171747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bdpq.hungminhits.com/files/uploaded/files/lojibalebezim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowadalbyt.com/userfiles/files/83661595625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosungtour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_46F629E50B1ECD9B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5de30ba07713e6efec7123f535f6d517/rimetelizegeweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veoguidecostarica.com/ci/userfiles/files/75014854669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchkar.com/ci/userfiles/files/gawaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613857b1c8056---6260867233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b0a1e7c7abe53f2e429b46cc8ec11c1/49620114904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabriziocar.it/userfiles/files/fabifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60ae88042a38879437c6a3c7685f195a/gikibuvekimivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fusen-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/69262014168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkmate.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_138E4A2FD893A3E0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmandari-sarvestan.ir/images/news/files/46129940044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lrsdev.com/userfiles/file/14595511108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fikivawozas.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_off00010617.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10617 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011e29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E29 18744 bytes
SHA-256: 7d9de276c38f86c9c4d7ff67ca1c8ebcd83e2fbccbb520f733d6d5186552ca6d
font_02_sfnt_off00014e97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14E97 11780 bytes
SHA-256: 93d99c532ac1fb82507973948591a942a934f78854c5e064823ac795bd4f5629