Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f51d255540a5f611…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-08-30 16:49:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: fe929cc7e0b5aa4534e9ae4257dbc7fd SHA-1: c24907e7f9e049a9e6b81e9a15cddd9dd62a8f06 SHA-256: f51d255540a5f611ff3d4173ba1b525ca06212ad84b9882bff013bdf3466a336
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities and download secondary payloads. The heuristics indicate that the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94620543474.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c57796eaf3a57e0c5a0ef66fd072d1c3/vemanupuwube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1021b2976c77fbbaa3d57016aca2af86/25146093078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/86035764547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazraeir.com/images/upload/files/39191405614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd262b4a48---wuzixudasamobafegusorefok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/82109571440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hondatayho.vn/images/ckeditor/files/fevuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e3d5d8dc4bfd6dfe7e8e83b8e8395fc/xonoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/238895e158c402932b21d73807b80e23/58453988613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611774aac9e6d---piginemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb63b455e87---73358213273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61794494045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://childconnect.com/swi/fckfiles//file/64421215766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokeocncafe.com/uploads/files/dovewegededus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e21023f9efb06c9da22ea957cf701966/kuguvitekopopiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-br.ru/img/file/92442402238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hocngoaingu123.com/upload/files/76960190525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nacnsuaa.com/clients/4/49/49ab1acc6c62b5a39110d621a19f71c0/File/sevunubuxisige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6a7e441e8e3414b6f0200effb16dc3b/fufok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standrewsparishhighschoolclassof1964.com/clients/70428/File/18109926708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26ccffbe45572edf663be0a32202416e/64274902104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbm-mova.by/images_from_html_editor/file/netuxugedoxotexagopuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hashtag.school/userfiles/file/wiwadojajitaberudozipimis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/25876710524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+how+to+make+a+lassoPDF 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_off0000e331.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE331 19136 bytes
SHA-256: 0ea3bca83e2cba96bdcec01b4c15f23c5f1528396f8d4d91083cb6a717b560f8
font_01_sfnt_off0001152f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1152F 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 25fc56c2af9b136c3b910663a1842864a35fe038c08bd2ed7f840be84f58ff43
font_02_sfnt_off00012ddf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1