Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4bc52ec1bbaf8213…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-07-31 13:54:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bb7fa253310cb5a7a43ac6b0eed2ed1a SHA-1: 093dae02efd3ec05eea417edd890ab3a61216f0c SHA-256: 4bc52ec1bbaf821376eaa27f01a9fd0229103ad21130bee3951d2462ee1457f1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a link farm or redirection mechanism. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lead users to phishing sites or further malware. The file's structure and link farm characteristics are consistent with techniques used to obscure malicious destinations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d83b0da86d41d53c3ca330584780450/70673886580.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nakakinpump.kr/fckeditor/upload/file/gebetusikerugonigidegefub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eternalbliss.net/file/jatubapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-5-10/20210510040455591542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://launensia.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zejoritagaluti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citescolairedeledit.com/include/file/xetinuzamusevos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktn4cdoneklme54a4na210fk79/wuxiwisefip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hussco-steel.com/husscofiles/files/92247980775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fos5als6osj9gfa98iegkj7nji/58794415221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcab4cdb2c2---96960566803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/676e1c2430bdc2a320dcc0bb9aaf6d3d/gatosar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carneslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/84626496391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64fa63a40a02ec6008e876117553ffd4/49002067615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1hba4ndakfar57tht4092v56a6/68444402861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://el-master.ru/userfiles/file/58382001528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7rdab4r0tocap3dalqc98h33c3/46801955359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071feba44c81---mapupeladuzimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superazs.ru/images/news/file/pogevajaloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zabulgaria.org/userfiles/file/nekanas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46uh5m7855oai9g584673bf6k6/figege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97beeb6ad7450d12c56f44e0530d00a2/51300554937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z500.si/files/wodivaratoxetejofozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5e4eaf80bfd2f99c1690ce580d913da/nupixinopejavotubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teechart.com/uploads/images/files/govotizidag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbe0a382b5b980f89c9e6f795c12363d/duguzozirevuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5a7edc0ec---rebaxifaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=conclusiones+del+estudio+de+hawthornePDF 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_off0000f57b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF57B 17248 bytes
SHA-256: 8e9ee7046a2962a0e99fd52c98356b8bc3288ec182fe1ae403398ac8532ee4a9
font_01_sfnt_off00012124.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12124 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001393b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1393B 10684 bytes
SHA-256: 07dfa357ba356ca288401255f06927eb7f07027d82563dc30c7fe6ae4a298dff