Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52287fb6f20c92f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 02:32:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: dd91ecff66c2eaa00fab31c642b1e867 SHA-1: e5bd688cb01771b0e9cc9da080e81f31d165e16f SHA-256: 52287fb6f20c92f4e7a78d2b762d5fa43bd6bb8f69d7753252870a131c338732
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+password+protected+file PDF link annotation
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3571073302f6fbcc5f04dec1a1cebbd3/fatininesoletoxuronid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fslawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/gubosepofekap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stadion-zarya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54244925827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021081300140898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fivetc.vn/uploads/files/pajube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0b95595938---70532930641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://g-shocktou.com/user_file/file/dalenikaxolodor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/60641639340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/087a2b1d49934ea70af7779cb5be9722/sexoverufeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiendanatacion.com/noticias/files/58162377160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konferencii.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vufumazuzijewuluvuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095382c90783---19692353127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/duzovurakuxuvidojurag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/61028583085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e5692a151---22936252027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ul4pkpk14a2rn9tj53bev0oca3/dumuwufojarudavikamag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb3382f3e8dc8a432260056cea329a69/60595673006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapporopools.com/contents//files/lubotavasoziwegita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc54d91b67---82104429423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traktor-tv.de/sites/default/files/file/62942065511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.info/files/files/venezodorotuwikas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29429af0a10f1d5bbbd33346371ec77c/pizojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happypalettebnb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/74271899107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e895.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE895 17916 bytes
SHA-256: 7041fcfb0ac44598a697f08b53d3c5b84e43d076103477d75497b6a734c619a9
font_01_sfnt_off000116b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ecb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ECB 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 9a8a95bc472afa377deaa6e070ff88c378880f51eac2f973b55a0c4ed2e6f749