Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52ef14abc8b15da9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 03:30:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: de6c8843c820605740e75cd49d64452a SHA-1: d23aec557c4f96111ee4128ea5a2fea3a2fc5ce9 SHA-256: 52ef14abc8b15da998b188cecfd334bde3520cf56607d8e05f39400b17729a37
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating it likely contains malicious content. The heuristics indicate the PDF acts as a link farm, pointing to numerous compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL findings strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://presstone.hu/userfiles/file/fujut.pdf
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c8c870f3f---58437718291.pdf
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nokpc384olnsor7qfmp4vu86mv/66086949744.pdf
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0355ac37f8---76595527826.pdf
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdec2021f75---51992066953.pdf
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cae95d14510---67366294607.pdf
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e18c61568---xifubijevukaf.pdf
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa2c9b27f16d02867ec9af1bed89128f/muzanakoxakaberoworepekum.pdf
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5391a7a4715bc12f8fea289d5f77c791/73284596492.pdf
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4ed4ee40be---rezubezedivifizonu.pdf
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a041a4c6578---75487813354.pdf
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/94428026333.pdf
    • http://www.malagatour.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gugovupolisomibavuwezipi.pdf
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/kamovewabinarukutusajuv.pdf
    • https://hyosungulf.com/uploads/file/luvonamodumu.pdf
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4d58a6e2a---zivoxagelamuloxifexuseri.pdf
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfkhdbkqidfdkbj0jk7gd1j0h6/mapofiribetevixavojerare.pdf
    • http://hanarotalk.com/userfiles/file///63453340401.pdf
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b433b2d2f46---tixivubijojedadukavabow.pdf
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ld5sf2bd8634cjaf2nthbn5drk/nojodozikagovariboxo.pdf
    • http://amazingindiaphotos.com/amazingindiaphotos//upload/fckimage/file/81919604214.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=the+first+avengers
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ea09.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA09 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001021b.bin
6646c3c247d2b4bae77dfc0985fef21970cb763fe22badb01b322a5a4a2dfa92
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1021B 16912 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e5b.bin
c34002e7e4589f7fe7bb0112fd93e70933dd79604d1836551c64b013e885fd22
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E5B 10356 bytes