Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52bad22d6573f9b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-29 03:49:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7ed4ff311ca3cedf1f1f989396ae4fc4 SHA-1: 71cd527322009b5f208a80dfb6fa5713aff35854 SHA-256: 52bad22d6573f9b91dfcb5cd65a9d71e733ef07ed39da004ae0da33249c49e8c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. This pattern is commonly used for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+music+file+player+for+android PDF link annotation
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee9bcf206f1bf026b79a0fd45af69efc/74075532565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfumes.dropship-tracking.com/userfiles/files/bexoxiwomiforipar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.introspekta.si/ckfinder/ckeditor_uploaded_files/files/lenegukukogizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seattledesis.com/fckeditor/file/rapuvijidujafiwekula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzion-u-zamku.cz/files/file/ponepogaxudeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ac1f7a1a46---14139323400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armiikrajowej36.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33411758657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isdoor.ru/uploads/files/zofogurubibebini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161321da8ad7ac---35925950987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolitplus.ru/files/file/80045317292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fenicia.uy/fenicia.com.uy/uploads/files/82515323624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzbmsj.net/images/upload/File/51001310714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abcelectricalonlineshop.brilliantwebtech.com/userfiles/files/kuvew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5ky13lu3-1251.com/contents/files/12626767598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://najlepsietorty.sk/uploads/fck/file/17072563285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baracenter.be/userfiles/file/womukor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/39562958804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariaalbese.eu/userfiles/files/gukula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garant-fond.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/files/vanoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/43630184149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/28575618047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/lujoxaveraxedetabasuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/998d23560f6674e862d8f313e03b07a4/dedalinorikemutofotez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bc315cfdc27187565702853009d350f/doxobafukemedanozoderi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camel-republic.com/media/userfiles/files/96076371278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patp1ryb.ru/media/file/20141130524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techniq.ae/admin/uploadfiles/file/80312847025.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b40e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB40E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC25 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 2b6c4bcc0e8d3bc78c13251e5e7b1a5c5e922f355bf8c0bea6665bd9dd151037
font_02_sfnt_off0000e5de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5DE 15236 bytes
SHA-256: 1adf2abacd4b6aca3b8c02d834cd865e0741e55cb8c76158bd8d4780401d7812