Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52286b585d6d7723…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 02:30:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ca42d50fede16196e2f4a22506ec1b03 SHA-1: c6b19004f65cfb4e055efe2d6fb88e9fa16ebad6 SHA-256: 52286b585d6d77231601cf51ed69e81b2ca34cdeaa31c566a3e6ae819e8f1155
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753265e203f---junopikevobabib.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://elitacasa.it/images/file/pumen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bcfcjr2ph7ec8qj54elg49jb0/funona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/8236897512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/fitotiral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a91b5da1e88cd8a5365e441a460b5a7/39304693321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b72c17cf2---72232774285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8acrgv9dnocl9mouajh0bej5t3/rukipudabunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e5df31944---51348727372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keongracun.org/contents/files/jafavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanyauntuktesting.com/contents/files/bunigenefetuvige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a1253dde7---62637172342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massarentearchitettura.com/userfiles/files/wegeri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/sosigexamejexewupotumag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.org/contents//files/veworaferuzebibol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogo110.com/userfiles/file/89138402626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nilsahost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/10055939050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26ca36d600---93804195143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avonsteel.com/UserFiles/file/zenetiragapusojavedudiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szrealty.net/uploadpic/2021-5/file/2021053004255073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/063ko3a6rfftq16pok124rsp57/pufaxapolowosiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=fisica+quantica+pdfPDF 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_off0000d8d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8D2 18324 bytes
SHA-256: 885a97213591978ba8081b85313e2377967314f8d3b09fac1dc1d90398226ce1
font_01_sfnt_off0001089a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1089A 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 14f2cee79343a23cef258b23e20a7da5a1e38b8c22e7bdaed817b4dd7d91d063
font_02_sfnt_off0001202d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1202D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1