Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e51eeb43021d2e9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:58:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 14f1c481bd3a3829ee90180081ee6092 SHA-1: a329d87cccc7558882726f9f8ee8c220bbad8a76 SHA-256: e51eeb43021d2e9ee994d69bbfed0d40b700a3108647ae630f1467c6c686a707
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that function as a link farm, directing users to external sites. Several of these URLs point to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a potential distribution point for malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9995

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wassce+2020+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://easyliveconstruction.com/ci/userfiles/files/wiruremazikok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sualpturizm.com/userfiles/file/76721742521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oe.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pudifoxukojagovasukojez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wizumutofuvefotijax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olddieselparts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87258612320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manhremhoangvan.vn/wp-content/uploads/files/lojejofupadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/papotelululi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16121cb2e357eb---bezanunanoposabowixupadiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/80918614345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aec0e08b5b4323a5530f9c17bb23f0cf/sejofisonozofuvubevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controldellaves.com/app/webroot/arxius/file/44931685721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202108220515329784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solee.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zavobibudofifevuzuruwag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5lj50597899osmf9q3qlk2v3v9/bavifunevimoxekefin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mywayrtk.info/userfiles/file/netegofasubupazakevamusem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technestudio.eu/userfiles/files/16867770753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aehd6dle13v530t5p78evvfrb/52642982185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a902fd6bf8d---kedizitakina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caae4c6673c---polotexoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/tubizimenedelapafag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609644a3de9c4---xaxutaviwexikawukomivojim.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_off0000f05f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF05F 10884 bytes
SHA-256: b311c7759baac6f3f0528e081e2000322b5c66c8dc0651d0fbd5cfeabcb343ae
font_01_sfnt_off0001099f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1099F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121B1 17872 bytes
SHA-256: 65d2cae55d6ee6bd7bb79a0bb86ba2d77e3d395f2caa261393f35b5dc427c9b0