Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 651fb838d74c9228…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 14:06:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 1c9e9f68ab4761c8d0c36c4b8cc365fb SHA-1: cbe844593cc1387489977fc003bb1be573e1f0fb SHA-256: 651fb838d74c9228ae6fa8b49798ab44c93418495f00a9b85c2076ca104e2ba1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://medius.sk/userfiles/file/17084730087.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/puzemadevikelesesobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c49816a52d---4407146865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e170f0be440b2fe05b9c854576c7fc6/18209459347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bcc5f5020be9b7a81e652b236102a20/rurisexixomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/30719942829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzvedo.hu/elemek/file/jibosonolotafivuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17c1be3a1463456e07488c1df6723bc0/85002358862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/803f74bfed5bb2f2c8b3e65d91ce8ba3/79560779437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castel.ro/userfiles/file/54901647257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jfj2q1unj4mrv2rk960ip0dj45/xipafiwuzajisijib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609451ae80ada---75564216758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.makathastaliklari.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e5e8926116---11668186314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bc582eeca1---36663930731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u32qjbafgde29i45chs6jpklg7/jajuxozusebixix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090bfeb0fd8f---1240227688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da3011ea3d5e33e4447f768ffa6495e1/fasav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a775158324---73941552689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternatifmedikal.com/img/userfiles/files/gogijizogoliteka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b347287b4---nomujunibuloka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://computerzone.pk/file/dirifujidowizawomifasoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429051411786564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/tuvema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609858bd832d5---wiwumiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=88+ounces+to+litersPDF 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_off0000bf46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBF46 10272 bytes
SHA-256: d50fa8481e352835f5523b80e469be701d7f963147af49cb3667dc6c8f08f8f3
font_01_sfnt_off0000d68a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD68A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE9C 15396 bytes
SHA-256: c5336455266511f49f56ebde00a2548b61179a33274c88a730fa9438469fe1f7