Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1f52c5ca64c2a3f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:28:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 5fd402b84b9998ecd7996ea3c4a4cdfe SHA-1: 4ec19a1c7108c0a0febc664757faa6b40c04a452 SHA-256: 1f52c5ca64c2a3f65015617607ab7ac4c19c6ecddd896fe575fb23df33d0159b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or SEO poisoning to redirect users to malicious content. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chronic+obstructive+pulmonary+disease+exacerbation+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://fishboat.hr/files/43727852750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//lokinegemet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodogs.ru/sites/default/files/file/muvijinanoneridiwita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preprodpcb.com/userfiles/files/rekolijobesodezen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://21cedu.com/pds/userfiles/files/guvojudomosotowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/74890342403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cen7dias.es/userfiles/files/92763682850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guenangequitation.fr/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89152626709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a703b467f3e---64391373516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtdental.com/upload/ckimg/files/kofulenopopekapom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iktoktatas.hu/files/file/fosifotututolozej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36b9be45c9931e0e88dbaea4ea5bf2a5/zazif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hephafev5q5n0sk6jr1a7qfj62/ganamil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://career-id.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rulejidalisiwumeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://be1971.com/clients/a/a1/a19be2fc4cf8b198b52f296748481ce5/File/mubuzejeromoxajejevutuzap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhs-class1957.com/clients/35434/File/64769171053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7a3e744ea---71722612454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/xapuduzovasazuzuwuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a358d0000a---faxijifawiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://golfproradost.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68733287578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jensbrode.de/files/file/69316414929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marbellamohali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e506415178776f6b3a2a16a014304b4/perupexigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haltia.mx/sii/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26733068573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sf4m22h6hadu9t2jugnpr9plh6/medubiginudozikejupolij.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_off0000eb28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB28 17660 bytes
SHA-256: 312dba11ade2eaa0520fec693eef9ddb09c18a2e007fc3442d711de19f8da3f5
font_01_sfnt_off000118fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118FE 11436 bytes
SHA-256: 0d9bef37dfe5010529f8c7162faaee537e588e53c0a164b42f1c35ba74cfa9d8
font_02_sfnt_off000133a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133A6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1