Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52948ea683db8779…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:55:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d0cd45e4876080db6b9ab8a7852cd291 SHA-1: c0a595786545ba1bfbeffbd512f66d9f4e31c1ab SHA-256: 52948ea683db87791ad3682893d3d676badaa44feb041f3ecd89eeb96b50e2cc
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous links. These links predominantly point to compromised WordPress installations and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files or redirect users to phishing sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for delivering a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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
  • 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.
  • 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://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/96384484028.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f3b3e2c73a---65934136682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hc6999.com/userfiles/files/47492404503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psychophonie-tarbes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11891680910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pu2djd727ophstfh3dta7frko4/69280826343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/wobefekafevitawos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://attlas.center/userfiles/file/25671218237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31c174a60da10ce4f70306d4def5519e/87226705174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/6009677939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-reefer-tournament.be/argt/files/mojanolavawefudegosadom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f63bd654c0---wadafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986fce74e6a---takegazabiwemejavuviwugar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radio-salsa.com/php/rs/filesupload/file/86918624214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47c54c3d74---44610171846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/194eccef88224a6568ed1003e8bc95d1/91665707208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclearusa.com/images/file/66326256195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/kemoxifimifenidavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb78614c1ab---99625319462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lcuq158cm0vm790sa2hdf5gvo1/tizidul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96065989202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.weboonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64152504505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeti6ltc1e6l1tucl0sr7mfmja/budowudulakebepojegogafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/59034841184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=assessment+definition+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_off0000d2c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2C1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ead8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAD8 10332 bytes
SHA-256: ab807f9c3c7335f705543489977296aea26ddefb88ebb8bf20f7351674352f37
font_02_sfnt_off00010222.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10222 17220 bytes
SHA-256: 6b5f1d0dab638a6e868c8da44d90b0cdc119f55126a5ada9a05f7fe1c733eb79