Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2b52a2cd699952a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-15 18:25:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: ffef2b5c0775edc043c568261b69b714 SHA-1: 2c2b4e7de33a9ee47cdf4378b1e31c99966abe6d SHA-256: 2b52a2cd699952a163f5737342e8508dd0b2c52d050584c07e78ddabe6c5d8ea
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://nasroglobal.com/userfiles/file/23080888236.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gmicropilotes.com/uploads/files/35976384189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fed1757e6d888b951fff53902fa3366c/77157200926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://big-blue-bus.com/pics/fotos/1/file/20634297797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/zubobitivuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725ed3415af---90021759817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4e19be142e---55781403201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/wizojulinemakuvufip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/chhnrshh7u362njdosdch9ak07/97773155114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efdb3f4febd53ad4b7d86768ac4cfbb2/26857456114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohdiabo.net/images/ckeditor/files/81867488628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a63790d58---29655397731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8h83ovt0u8pnvajhqsspjkr1nd/23404560602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astorandblack.net/emailer/userfiles/file/33306360506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smn69.com/clients/866038/File/rutapevubomifojifogogov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96161577190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c316d6580750c42cd1aa28c423ba8fc/wewuseragigaxelera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/5355332083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/zasusolamijajupulapejar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betentour.com/sites/default/files/file/gofitibifafusut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45e0f48763f98344ddf2abb80ddc92bb/wulexovasafuxusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a2008103d---21978011328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zebcom.in/userfiles/file/wojaramegefegunuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodsafebox.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20021813874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boothbayharborshipyard.com/userfiles/file/sejovuzilawozipenuwus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=homemade+icing+without+powdered+sugarPDF 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_off0000ec28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC28 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001043f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1043F 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 0cec94d8bf9a360a51c085114892090c322989e96ef4400633e06a60f354db7f
font_02_sfnt_off00011dae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DAE 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 72d59e71d1e2938bbdcdb621f8c716c7bc4cac3d62a3addb29071b876fd5434b