Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52272dba6aa2b101…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-10 23:01:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a2d127a8b5c4fe689258c80112957392 SHA-1: 3ad3c94846567fca2efce98c4aaabdf9ab4ca127 SHA-256: 52272dba6aa2b10154843cbbf22b349b8bbd3530f095bd877501d8b79d1504de
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=horror+multiplayer+games+for+android+with+friends
    • http://tatvideo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17092762241.pdf
    • http://master-stroi76.ru/userfiles/file/dewixob.pdf
    • http://kodemari.info/data/files/95141035758.pdf
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/perake.pdf
    • http://ibnuaffan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5571933031.pdf
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xawozuxapebexomaz.pdf
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/13400830110.pdf
    • http://fmmvn.net/userfiles/files/vopikisevadenarosipimo.pdf
    • https://loyallcanada.ca/editor_files/file/35382567964.pdf
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b3259735cd---46456289392.pdf
    • http://pedraferro.com/files/files/7872530928.pdf
    • http://hanyuchina.com/upload/files/ribilekunugi.pdf
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613675b99f9b0---14481266752.pdf
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8236426fdfb6842dfd9a075566112dc1/nujumofofafobuxigu.pdf
    • https://pmcp-avac.com/files/upload-ckfinder/files/kojenokesusitabuse.pdf
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9562dd56e91a5ca8f7770640cde8f37/lefezo.pdf
    • http://dh-cell.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wopoxokawaxunesirof.pdf
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136fa7d8610e---pigulapigosezobuf.pdf
    • http://szguilong.com/userfiles/files/2212168201.pdf
    • http://thuduchouse.vn/pics/file/tipasevililujevid.pdf
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/846rmpnv1k8hkdlhpkmcr9jb6o/mopijafusopa.pdf
    • http://zhuoxinlaw.com/userfiles/file/20210905172905_722859025.pdf
    • http://robedecreateur.com/img/files/99158700238.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_off0000e830.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE830 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010042.bin
ffdf8acb48cbf3c3e8e125f32ed6b394d04ddfcff10ac769e03fc4f54da66214
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10042 16812 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012c0f.bin
8511841fe41a47b009c7268c8bf5b87afa9ec8583eda3ccd9ffa1ec40e38ccf2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C0F 11236 bytes