Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52eaa8ee976d1af9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-01 09:06:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f007d6abf9685e72acbb2309dc9a6333 SHA-1: fd590c9823111cb8c8c1a83228c740f50efd4e33 SHA-256: 52eaa8ee976d1af939cb4c76b5531320717b47309a92178a2b10796ba6cf3120
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which are part of a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these links. The embedded JavaScript suggests potential for further malicious actions beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=kevin+levrone+diet PDF link annotation
    • http://reylab.com/userfiles/file/52601895726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d67bfb2a7b---25760971880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danburyhighclassof1961.com/clients/b/b4/b42d7d7907ff1a67dd6fd366dd3c6775/File/vikefetebikevelomilefule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tahitotfalu.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13513645072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debschoen.com/userfiles/file/jogugutujakaguvifezefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/47025494841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakmeong.com/contents//files/setivumofodat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candybeauty.vn/upload/files/25725739019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/forelowajetolivigilipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mbzgogo.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/93772360403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88165229320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keacg.com/upload/files/gabadizisexomatuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9927f7e214683fcdd25f5ec9ef40f4f9/kusawazidimid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olimpic.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xosure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://er-trans.com/img/produkty/files/xutodeket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikken-engineer.jp/export/sd205/www/jp/r/e/gmoserver/8/6/sd0748886/nikken-engineer.jp/fckeditor/upload/file/funetakojixoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sealjet.mn/pictures/files/25267421806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cfd05d3865---12476919896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d613306e58---43590492480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivaco.it/file/silafujozel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodslib.com/userfiles/files/rosofanemufatupotomof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7f12887c726d3e96eed1a44031c0a2e/53481628235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ad9ed8988---62401098058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penetrat.ru/files/files/60773167006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maketmaster.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60871296924.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_off0000dd5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD5D 18816 bytes
SHA-256: 82cdeb91595c0fe5456bbd6b1a38ae17eb2ab5f2730f7c6f83e4e1a00bcfe3be
font_01_sfnt_off00010cd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000124ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124ED 9968 bytes
SHA-256: f019f4e3fbefc1a90afe882e3152248f1ea8e25b475a6d5c6e9daf40849ab5de