Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52aabcef0f2a6f78…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-09-26 04:05:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 1d6ecdad138e999ffd349508ad7a9c46 SHA-1: 9b6ecec2bed0c9017cd094fc795e370dea2f9f84 SHA-256: 52aabcef0f2a6f78a85eba03deef1e3f719c3cb2636f65e2149c4a8f9e0fa3cd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9757

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=zombo+buster+rising+hacked PDF link annotation
    • http://ubytovani-budejovice.cz/picture/vtextu/file/17342538447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silverspringabw.com/uploads/files/jugowad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldanang.com/uploads/images/files/17973181824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selapro.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93684888785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medi-sen.com/files/files/65283621186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suriyedostlukdernegi.org/image/files/71839237847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161465e12dd0d4---pebibeteze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phoiinnhiet.com/images/uploads/files/78855063884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofagiani.eu/userfiles/files/96289021187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/sipamonigifaboruvudobujil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/933ab6978d4a05ee9ccd50f1c2f30130/rixajumixotufujuwititu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fcc5d997c2---xotadolalibojonalaxulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinyoungvalve.com/userData/board/file/lifisorakisumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://postelezmasivu-brno.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lolojarabakozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobiachau.com/luutru/files/zafepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vet-arrighicolangelicristilli.eu/userfiles/files/39794195340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perechen-izdaniy.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/firuzozilaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyztyle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30586570723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/93475572998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otevrenysklep.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wobokuwemevevimozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaowebsitecomvn.xemlaco.com/uploads/files/64207020783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzy.pl/Upload/file/77138118299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tonghuichem.com/upload/files/ruzifanafisogidagolibalid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaiboxes.com/piceditor/file/zejokififebakusaxotag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrehistoriquesndbc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/resite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rasathantrananotech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xevexidobawipitobudoseza.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b322.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB322 15820 bytes
SHA-256: c3511110249232dcb6f6bd12185ebcdf4db7253883fb89213321c984dcc7516c
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBC5 11064 bytes
SHA-256: fa031095da15d734c13d03202134091dd373417b47d3f2627754eb583f79a85d
font_02_sfnt_off0000f532.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF532 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00010d43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D43 17820 bytes
SHA-256: 1ec9e5054c03720ec2df92d65b6adeed84669e9622e7762218d2c42627a475e2