Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52b086c5572bea67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

109.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 00:54:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c28ce3ad651786e72da65f30ee756dd7 SHA-1: 43ac1803cb3292347e2a039c54f6cfc3fe17ae68 SHA-256: 52b086c5572bea67601f58d9d20c1bebd06d816d055b8ee11cf0090d682bafa7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary attack pattern involves directing users to malicious content hosted on these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a48489b12---lefoxojowabug.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://imagebuzz.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zagigopuralu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/264e23a233bacb7cf0974743ba91ff8d/25349353468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087ac8fe80b3---duwagumamamowireneku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fundreamz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/datobimowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oneworldkarate.com/fckeditorimages/userfiles/file/nobupatiturufedawug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/sobulenevibufovod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/xufosamizexevipenezujitox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/tunufavejibivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vattucongtrinh.com/userfiles/file/65109907195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c3364cbeb---27083640226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/42847745025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/kejoteniti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c50cb97bc---kububomisujumat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://islandsvefir.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nfov6vk0g50r9tjpcgmdifdkl3/40091319800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b82c2d38a47---jozasamovej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kagoshimakojintaxi.com/userfiles/file/42617512543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56d334366218b97bcca51b328cb812c9/7840222478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolaykanal.com/userfiles/files/xonivitomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfauquemberg.com/home/fauquemb/david/bbdg_site/userfiles/file/92881867668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://group-anons.ru/userfiles/files/69986703704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akademia-jedenastka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/bekeresof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8etc0hcp0lvv8t7s1r0a49s27/maxugefumuruvipojaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d074a3df496---govukado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=management+of+human+resources+the+essentials+5th+editionPDF 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_off00014a56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A56 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 8cba5d9f1be44da1e8f1050294102fb89bf9e8969beacb39b9ec6158f0d0801a
font_01_sfnt_off000163ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x163FF 17216 bytes
SHA-256: c991f1aebf258aa4143387386c322178d02fb0b4100184c97bd028066fcbccd5
font_02_sfnt_off00019054.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19054 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1