Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52b0609c5155b07a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.8 KB Created: 2021-07-16 13:47:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d81d3bffcbc1275b06a5454a8e742c1c SHA-1: 28122bc8247af68ab6bd00e3bcc4f984ed8abd75 SHA-256: 52b0609c5155b07abc098fa47d44c220c679847a3b7a64d496ff8fa4197d1f2d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8qtlvutvlcicd0l5h1j7nt3si8/kekelupeganebisidoweso.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://takeacode.eu/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/49123780479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/29429984289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l0offj29dcra0ianih7fib6nb0/penanodotezadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsaneeraus.fi/userfiles/files/19054248356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a40964130a---20158089740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steps4cancer.org/clients/a/a7/a78c374070a178914b502abaf3db82b8/File/lomijanunesixatotavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25h6aoqtgd5anf7pofug4ftto4/misirujikotisujexaninunur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e7015fe29---ranigifozenimafatuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e57d81c25d5b30e39fd7ab815b03e406/35927474862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iringmalaysia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37907932965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaf98a1c8c5---tomiwam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajajsports.com/userfiles/file/36666614100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alt-1c.ru/userfiles/file/vajegid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeverma.in/uploads/files/mozabet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/zaluxafetiwapepuzawip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/bapetarawekewutibebapag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eba64669fc48da476059025d42e19f6d/76300809474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsmstlucia.com/atomicsteps/upload/userfiles/file/tuvakidakojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qf2erhmm3mp3cr5cu80dav3eg1/67451919997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5dbd2b7c5---32246001109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledson.ru/upload_picture/44787166882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a36730a66cd---21564612794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogaleazzo.eu/userfiles/files/wugegamunafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+break+your+fastPDF 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_off00011dfc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DFC 18140 bytes
SHA-256: c9db3c3cd751e54e7436cada19223851192de82ab47531b45dce3fb64ad09e13
font_01_sfnt_off00014d90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D90 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000165a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x165A7 10628 bytes
SHA-256: ca1030e0993e3122da2a1f31e9d1682d3b3702b3e8d904884acdc1d2db6d293c