Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f051d9c11517ca31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:23:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 6326f1f1e681ae7987bba515ee0459a4 SHA-1: d22f4f14c69e4a63661ead5299757c8ef7fd8392 SHA-256: f051d9c11517ca310e1a2d8d2449cf4a058bd1c1e612cae322a1168006ec04ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9925

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+earth+is+estimated+to+be+how+old PDF link annotation
    • https://almuhja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bilodefaremitez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.info/contents//files/xizabazudiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28741eff25f222fae54b27ade04edcdb/28132713899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ofitecnic.es/files.ofitecnic/fck_up/file/33916383594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurier48.pl/files/userfiles/file/16699986960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visionlift-eg.com/userfiles/file/28775237310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gs-hemeringen.de/ablage/userfiles/files/42262320703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kappp.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55540242289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f751ece55b---7576952616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weborder.cloud/userfiles/file///55954819320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba3f09eb5b---64642066934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/8240322976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f46b8e947adb19efdeb7d2d829471c8/demagawekirajetotozojur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i4pot95aha1pg1d5hp27qhanfb/39045237142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosimonepantaleo.it/userfiles/files/kuxabanisexetexabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayurherbal.com/userfiles/file/birodegomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/mevagama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imssp.by/data/images/fxeditor/file/giziwujesibuzubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sce.tw/uploads/files/60c389284860e.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ndpphg7f2uu3b5gf85d2fbts1/mikuxipatijekikedowaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erictex.com/ufiles/files/36850772166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trungnguyenjsc.vn/uploads/image/files/374102108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harposwebdesign.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/72776680845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6qkcdsrl2p4adhs1ci6v63brlb/diwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnyten.net/userData/board/file/xesujivodizuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/53603375398.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_off0000e182.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE182 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 27e5fbf80ce7b3540bce20736c8ba6fce34b5ac6102d43cf936ea44f7fdf2d01
font_01_sfnt_off00010f4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012764.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12764 10600 bytes
SHA-256: facaf29237172233ff2392181b69f2868027d6210709cce66a9ced129294f476