Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52a24d2eeb8c2323…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-08-30 23:11:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: b909b6a86e1d2b67085a98db38f62289 SHA-1: e8a085a80e03b33b46c692533da48cbb92962a4a SHA-256: 52a24d2eeb8c23233f90f6810a51345ba6f28e2d7aef14b73551e630815b297f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic further supports this, indicating the document is designed to drive traffic to potentially malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088291292214---kosolekawinutogesajazuwa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/wipulubajoluwivupavidoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/88790809418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panyuchen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/38306791733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/gewovefamurot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandhighclassof1962.com/clients/c/c3/c330a44b04b080977bf299ea430a317d/File/munugojawatatozek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb43d91825---25326611342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkhigh65.com/clients/4970/File/36027688602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4lcu842d2tc1qjhnirq8o8oo0j/27093260224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubigroup.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/upload/file/80537942699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uflo.edu.ar/ckfinder/archivos/documentos/9962351404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2b78eac90---20640397272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawrenceyezersky.com/userfiles/file/44848398662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4c26cd222---ruwajomim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b8cb8fc14da---momojodetagepadumopezuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwninemile.com/uploads/files/geberuresumusafak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbnjl.com/userfiles/files/40955416315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607847d0c1093---pudogoxagazupasipeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b092d1b6ac---wuxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iuoshili.com/upload/users/files/53258725310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.net/images/uploads/files/fudurevonagov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/nesipebenenejexupefep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catequesisnavarra.org/guiarte_userfiles/files/nunolirejegimudelupafaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecoil.com/userfiles/file/sedugowowavezupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=delete+few+pages+from+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_off00011e18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E18 10732 bytes
SHA-256: b1d64ad2651fd0055deea13d1502e28ab741aeae3007b8452f65ce4cd46a31ce
font_01_sfnt_off000136b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136B1 19616 bytes
SHA-256: 2abf60c2371598d3c7f1a5818b8c9233fbd776322620ca0375289fae1aa8ec81
font_02_sfnt_off000169e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x169E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1