Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52a29b7424032c76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 15:57:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f34ed2cf896faa917ded67a95fa2eb6f SHA-1: 6a78591e790dc1754818aa3a097524fba5332616 SHA-256: 52a29b7424032c764ceeb0c37e8d90394d0c30a7abaef09ce690b9e363bc36b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 http://dblbtech.com/userfiles/file/xumobigojoxoderaxudoref.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://interstudy.net/userfiles/file/15019785737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gad-elhak.com/userfiles/file/75371298120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/naviruzeriwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godahoian.com/app/webroot/upload/files/73760125109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133878f211f7---8654985316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markfarolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/93393254673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://igigeothermal.jp/userfiles/file/50896424523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/62037264688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0deaa91fb3cb2c0fc4b35e7cf33317d/tanenadivuluduzelaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfectsextherapy.com/public_html/userfiles/file/9591370867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infosierra.es/images/editor/54279968388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/xebodajavilumalatoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retrievers.su/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kabowubarurozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aligokdemir.com/resimler/files/xiderujisenodoputuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcrestneighborhoods.com/userimages/xikijamufuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142944f4a0dc---gazutuzototeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66898065027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafbkbafwdti1ahihccrg.xn--p1ai/pict/file/3952474228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibs328uu4ce3jt4jjngf6m7ukt/rafomezugusefusabur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yongchengtech.com/uploads/files/202109080726064185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luna1956.com/images/library/File/46690861626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copab.tn/216mag.svn/uploads/files/fawafubajuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents/files/94203073307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/13671917869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seibyou-koujien.com/files/files/zolifuwunejirujov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=cat+games+cat+games+cat+gamesPDF 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_off0000df38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF38 17332 bytes
SHA-256: a1aa10a4bd28da253630b10ff12d365e11025206d5ef6a6f0d536e97f9607249
font_01_sfnt_off00010c6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C6A 10144 bytes
SHA-256: 638dd1f8bc7ee3642fcddf682d187cd62acea37efc703232fd0a14eb2fb58005
font_02_sfnt_off0001232c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1232C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1