Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52d0941bf1a67e49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.4 KB Created: 2021-07-18 03:41:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: ea85e420cbc14458783ed9a89d63d506 SHA-1: d4218fee219b624261ee03c95a51ef272460de0a SHA-256: 52d0941bf1a67e4994b007fa13d5db77e8b643bdbf1bf9eb1149e01d09e97b21
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. Additionally, the document features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or redirect users to phishing sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9eacdcca8---82848716914.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://piqiso.ru/userfiles/file/gesegopoluwuzaduguzumifof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marty-triple-m.ch/inhalt/files/36918950496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hauptlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/26805663380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/28935245596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67745e43f88de713a552adc67106e7c2/surip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9637d6221834fc06bbe93fcfc807b8e0/65208334780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/5629457398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4be64d347dbd952639129534459963d5/65320636345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jo2clalioolro126ltkdre5t08/82900093655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fibra-optica.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9031753337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/faboveji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/241a0dcfacb4cee542775e660489c2c7/93570306873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lv2kqpf2qlfsdkts959e0rc4a4/bukixobikevagapukasezas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://project-st.ru/userfiles/file/zikujedujeropitarixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leavereview.com/customerinterview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3054198671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a67520412f9b7cc4463421d06fa4d56/26259290148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://say-international.eu/userfiles/file/19948907878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmszke.hu/files/file/zolekogesorukamutufemuvil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grapes4u.ca/sites/all/sites/grapes4u.ca/files/juvifiwogevejakonifegipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shreenathtechnologies.com/userfiles/file/31879546349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heatingboiler.ca/fck_upload/file/99990372597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardnersunited.com/clients/e/eb/eb3320446930dd457027df34457c622b/File/28761813452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=tail+moving+catPDF 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_off00011e57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E57 18344 bytes
SHA-256: 5d1ff18867f10e1a24522ccdb4daf683af06356410a72122d2623fa9b842496c
font_01_sfnt_off00014da6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000165bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x165BD 10200 bytes
SHA-256: bfbd1d430bb6cc9f88ce6b205fe3a9784c67406d408048eaad9c321ad800cbb5