Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52f0219d9e40effe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:34:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 392c1dc4d5fb2037013aba18d0a92028 SHA-1: 4fc56e992fa3b31299dddec9b7ade76deda2a4d6 SHA-256: 52f0219d9e40effedf2242c1255b5430d08e20ed913f1505535ee9ade948092c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the attack pattern is inferred from the URL structure and heuristic firings.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=if+else+in+function+r PDF link annotation
    • http://project-lovcen.me/userfiles/file/33745924162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/130eb260541168bf0a23ea88ba4732b2/73161707919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad1cb22b64d---sotubir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c759d5c8d---98395799155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbxab3abskk3a2j.xn--p1ai/media/file/85912688836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongnhatrang.com/uploads/files/loxujunaxevizapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8805416a81---37255924833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf0ade6eddad3bd215f144b24a3fd5b5/tiwirew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielwod.com/userfiles/file/36923476808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2ac12b8ba9---82455259256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adbbc4ca2ad---92592791793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicpark-live.de/userfiles/file/sefuxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glotecgh.com/upload/editor/file/83164889210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3532ecf318e1fd595ac99974a9a0f0b/memijivopireb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensacolahigh1964.com/clients/1/1d/1d652d7f5bd5fd2f3712913460b20393/File/64241672460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607897a390d3b---82909174273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eac75a51e021a5ff7e60a30e3a0819b5/4153347097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oipg9b5siiroe87mlq7dr7ta9e/88690703681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160732afa9cb75---lanotowopiborugusimar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/80364196404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.com/article_ressources/file/19561694142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lashharmony.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2qkn17ds40160r526l473lf7a9/fodemixim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89ffc987d7f7cfb717127a1db9adc48e/86228583916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ee631c73291e7e6b0f5cc028de65527/1525792278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://at2apigroup3.com/contents//files/silogogurujizexitineruzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjhtdszdh.com/v15/Upload/file/2021622162183821.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_off0000c5cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC5CB 10220 bytes
SHA-256: a2d122e7542ffaa3afc6f0b43600a1ec8cd3625eb8e692bbd13a8b711b745aa4
font_01_sfnt_off0000dcd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCD8 16588 bytes
SHA-256: 6922c6c0850191cd3204c033e4e7e2799a82ddeffaf86d60eb9287ad50468825
font_02_sfnt_off000107fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1