Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52d0bd3e23bbf536…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-08-31 00:53:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7df3caf73e2ce2b4356ccf8672abcd53 SHA-1: 016323bc295a76c167d706425b77812586ff0b32 SHA-256: 52d0bd3e23bbf536ee64cf954ecd87831ea8ddf43895d2136c74242021626c38
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 CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lesson+plan+of+chapter+integers PDF link annotation
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zafit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raiporjai.com/piceditor/file/5774624019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.roimages/file/71910197404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cementfeet.com/userfiles/file/pojat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qbcar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dopatenixexisurimapalexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dec0f9ff1bb6a8bd4866062406317568/kadefezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marlin-aquarium.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58484735900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075efbc966f8---23267096317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imbirimbir.ru/files/rawin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c82bdd4862---30023389932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102b534a523e---ruzevufigom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1f5ebe1792ae7d6ff27ceeee142c054/rukenilasemokofesofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb99f8108774bc03bec65973d3336e12/59299916364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b0c4c9b5379e67932e269e6f4b52c88/detam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf28859c21---pusemerivevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://art-eria.pl/mandarynka/pliki/files/jejotuzurexegavom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/78613730422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609baebeabc4d---3218773672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daehwa.info/uploaded/file/48745403446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://garyjetcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aae9dab374d7e5fa7f5603ceef2e4ddf/10339620841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q99uqh7980b0fve7g2jeeld5hg/6275383116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdrowejaja.com/Upload/file/vebexokadaxotal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a1b6e17663d1d3dac4e08cb2fac6912/pisafozolizelomavoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://99hospitalitygroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16386943483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779dad87d96---moditutenalositu.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_off0000d3b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3B6 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 39d796e82a7d02598745cb992f6c35660f97b1866f81c59753a39bd1487583f0
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC43 17492 bytes
SHA-256: 0832ef4950dd0ebe39e7498e8e8127d1f91860777d7b9bd7ac0c9b8b3043e5cd
font_02_sfnt_off00011907.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11907 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1