Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db51b5ee9941b656…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-07-02 15:14:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: f4286c33a239962f85e24c19ea1a9833 SHA-1: 2755cf0eec6ee901f5d3ec8f09e448bc935c59ff SHA-256: db51b5ee9941b656322020741f257baab518fab7f1c7f2745991f1b3ba011704
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous embedded links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive use of external links is the primary attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3014e4db3---jukuvawox.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca3134a6f23---murugevifeberuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--90aweabvm.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/govukolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fallsplat.se/file/raxogujixipoxabisivid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miroslaws.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13243950527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassageboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39021654002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/olh4n5bgqqjdtvia6fsq2bjhd4/39917888721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210507034724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/68275216124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l273sngjlg1i5sraptrk51gpp5/kufidipop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073cb42946a1---23877017612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11e24a850b3dce5a8bf53c3725c41792/56972041074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/kebivame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081700b8cfa8---femifokafuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jeeeek43uvmfm8a77n440lt0t7/14168632351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hostmegasoft.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zewirafubokatobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobryremont.pl/ebobas/portal/app/webroot/img/tmp/file/1624981295954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160a2c957e952c---najujoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/bideli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2r-auto.com/uploadfiles/file/2021060310501373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/49500544544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noxsun.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210617131708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e1ec37e51ccd3a47f9ddfc35003a3c6/82426680459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae29e6cf029---25615282911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=foxtail+scientific+namePDF 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_off0000fe15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE15 17292 bytes
SHA-256: c00634bf07109098fe6e27589e263c53f929343f30ae2a96e8c4da20a2967000
font_01_sfnt_off00012b51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B51 10476 bytes
SHA-256: f517cbd538d4d7fa915624f3b62aa0d7968722c29f718c52320da67353d4d81d
font_02_sfnt_off00014327.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14327 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1