Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2552b089f2199e1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 23:53:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 28de5b6791398cb8576d8fce94241601 SHA-1: d35ad7ec81b192551f043776559a3313f0f01f71 SHA-256: 2552b089f2199e1f0b03db10bff3b15c116e3c77b36948d4a3ccf290503b0c64
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to compromised websites, including those hosted on WordPress upload directories, suggesting a tactic to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates an attempt to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=advanced+management+accounting+notes+pdf
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607912de43323---7578491748.pdf
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7171593f78efd2d94abf1846541aeda/67448427188.pdf
    • http://kalkulacka-hypo.cz/userfiles/files/45694995605.pdf
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb3e7d48e6---tesukonekuxaw.pdf
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ndkstb9dvgmvmdbngdrlr1k7kq/21076492236.pdf
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a998d5d4411---12795499779.pdf
    • http://www.pranabkumar.com/fckimages/file/32687740295.pdf
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e3968c176d741495c26b6146f27f092/66018990010.pdf
    • https://sieuviet.net/webroot/img/files/62082609979.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a119aa29651---potogolubexuguzov.pdf
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9136b742efdbceed1e30e8165c442aa4/jenisekejeruji.pdf
    • https://avistravel.ro/userfiles/file/wugurudas.pdf
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/68840587286.pdf
    • http://chinocorporatechallenge.com/clients/6216/File/xejoxebaruribadafew.pdf
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acd44142c3f---81449782561.pdf
    • https://jdrum-music.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/xiwafunijejemitox.pdf
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-7/20210507170217140997.pdf
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lvknpo3mrg0oeu2u60cidsisko/nabakibatesike.pdf
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f8da1b893448bf10e6c51f456d3a81f/60690276806.pdf
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089277e4411c---nuvuguwolutevika.pdf
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fefe956736---31060578646.pdf
    • http://arch-teh.com/pic/userfile/53747621221.pdf
    • http://lubrifianti-auto.ro/files/file/30185614065.pdf
    • http://chapelguild.com/images/usr/91379281225.pdf
    • http://thedreaminitiative.org/Content/Admin/uploads/files/sivefarubima.pdf
    • https://buka.ru/sadm_files/74647198641.pdf
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/bopopi.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cca9.bin
f31e86e3415965f6d961177cb0c5fed3d04df68f77a0d7a93aa1156e0f56dd32
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCA9 16836 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f890.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF890 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000110a7.bin
cdc8e83facf9b9456c4c3c436106535c6c45760c9356461b778c85f4ac5b81a6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110A7 10964 bytes