Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52c820ea157b126a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 15:36:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c781cc55c33344af6a275dbb46d0c203 SHA-1: 700aa6e70a283b8be46a6266a0666efc7b5dfcaa SHA-256: 52c820ea157b126a436e9db259e822ae150b259b0ad3e18b63646e94847d453e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a primary indicator of malicious activity within the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • 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://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144676c9a200---rafubiginulog.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210918_578AC90C1732CC95.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pcparts.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90329872607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s2ipower.com/survey/userfiles/files/gozodavemaruma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zodawadoxonene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speed-r.com/js/upload/files/poxiboxenefod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehotelgateway.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/38024713531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed97800261346503ea31e5e85d10cf35/12025407258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciattella.net/images/file/50343986689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smsalumni1971.com/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/60850887574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pibar.tw/uploads/files/202109041721392537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valubil.com/public/uploads/cms_file/cms_files/36972612707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanfrancescovet.com/userfiles/files/zevelexow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fbrasil.com/userfiles/file///zitawevinavux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matras-devison.ru/upload/file/42038297703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlaskvartir.ua/data/uploads/files/69942545949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/wenipufupokame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcstema.com/userfiles/files/42042588273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a0c131dd785f485efcd8cef45de1238/50912839705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ensky-chemical.com/upload/files/pukarukipopitufodisigov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logistra.fr/ressource/site-image/files/61698157531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4x4autok.hu/userfiles/files/xejad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salwex.hu/file/valurojiginorewaboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f9881c43e1---23517035560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsagco.com/Upload/file/14243281069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=firmware+upgrade+encountered+an+issuePDF 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_off0000b440.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB440 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC57 10976 bytes
SHA-256: 283b8243c99fc3c631a5b1b514a5eff503e5f5f911556905b0fb8a91aef77fd7
font_02_sfnt_off0000e5a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5A0 16436 bytes
SHA-256: 1d5648b3b8cc0cf03f3ff9e0a9d3ca474abda63352669d88a7a8d0fdac4d307a