Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52d96039457ef88c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-29 02:34:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ea0782e6acaed70be581db2ea21ad598 SHA-1: 5bcaf89969e7300aa282350633f839ac16057457 SHA-256: 52d96039457ef88c870152b9e447fe0113016d54cb00739fb3e57744f770214f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or appear to be part of a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a pattern of obfuscated redirection, likely leading to phishing sites or malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/texazunowadegelez.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chaletsuenodesol.de/files/98108246010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuaspa.com/upload/images-content/files/verazurivimovamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharadsangam.org/UserFilesTwo/file/70398631674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/tegexemavus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210430043706181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bugaboo-buffalo.eu/UserFiles/File/zopakerumibudezuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rowanmkt.com/Uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96160286104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://densayhongngoai.com/uploads/userfiles/file/7697004403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seyrimerdin.com/userfiles/file/89402550587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/3720376445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghetretruc.com/media/ftp/file/vibosizanoxetebivuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiaato.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210617_0E48CD6BBDEB4E03.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/41890442407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagelogs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbognlrdo2in1vlb4nuplqt2su/tuduze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edeins.com/userfiles/file/1027729452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vobobiwibakafegugikolos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608176d78eb3e---kugimikogaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiscalonline.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/vininugofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yanartextil.com/firma/files/vatev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacsionline.net/userfiles/file/wagukamukevavadasutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edaf8ab13bbb1828729e16ea3d08d26b/juxamuzudosagimepudij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///439532475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=dua+for+eating+in+englishPDF 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_off0000e3ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3EA 17800 bytes
SHA-256: e358128377e4327c469f12774426e8b063dbe763e76adc79daa38d1311e599bf
font_01_sfnt_off000111e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000129fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129FC 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 9efe14b3e5add1ccd459b783c2a450a5e54c0f7111fa92551185cf8b71c734f1