Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52e14a4284b7335e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-10 08:53:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a98d431d9e162e82c2796706a11d82d8 SHA-1: 4c859bdebbf6ef3968ee83d953ef8263d27b2653 SHA-256: 52e14a4284b7335ec39742a70e025412bbc4de0fb75b33e3d697a7fe400c42db
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm with multiple URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a URL with 'minecraft download' in the utm_term parameter indicates a lure to trick users into clicking. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+download+free+download+in+android PDF link annotation
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57222209043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neoneophytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21430774285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafemocion.com/userfiles/file/filadogugune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gurkhasfinance.com.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kubobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.com/uploaded_images/files/gugemopijowuneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thenikharvconsultancy.com/userfiles/file/91997990872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://favorit.pl/userfiles/file/kefoposizekibipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ada158a34b---41038472737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stsaischoolamritsar.com/slbdavbatala/userfiles/file/nidedepozefone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sofia-es.tokyo/yamituki-n/uploads/files/golutanebibusatup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.group/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///xuzabakaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fifutefemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://austarpharma.com/upload/files/nunetakujuwudetonereto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccmiennam.com/media/ftp/file/gekixejuvifatugiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huarui-bio.com/upload/files/selinagedalelon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocthientam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/munisej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zerosquareonline.com/file/dokezugiwazaxoposomonoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesthomes.in/userfiles/file/73666011596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lngpetro.com/userfiles/file/rozugenuzuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhhyhb.com/uploadfiles/files/nasubivosewepidejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mikepromedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f16eddc5bbc70f88c4b3b196cb4490f9/44876180407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodogs.ru/sites/default/files/file/95240942740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/nufuwisogulaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135cf8a32be5---momila.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_off0000dbcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3DF 17448 bytes
SHA-256: cde5f9e3cd9246d6d5d1fe173f1e08fb10619f1cf70aa7158b14da7d84fbfc7b
font_02_sfnt_off0001210f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1210F 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 0a34e72afd48535dae6081431935dc5363a83bbd7a33300c73a5d04eb93a2a06