Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52f024bbbf215a0c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 14:13:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9e6b002ea5746ae02662aa33deae44b0 SHA-1: bef92f1ffa5bc692c32beace8b69f20aee02c140 SHA-256: 52f024bbbf215a0cc532c9e4426eff96ae84e89aff48972d315017537bc8044d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing campaign attempting to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1bb72367ae---48004320088.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1a3fd2a7833450042c7a752766ece27/95474358856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyzoan.com/cake/beta/userfiles/file/25130687710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30981c606ad64f849706c64da6a06349/58331016358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indemo.pl/Image/files/gumilinanazogalelodojum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classoft.ro/userfiles/file/40381233682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enidbtwcreunion.com/clients/5/52/52e94d62e82ff66504c7d921fc07bf70/File/22601512146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f814e1d4120---vefumurobuvovewamak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f200b60c5115682f9852d264d2a7bf1e/jezeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0941b2d5c0---tujijemenivogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eea0cf15c4---91776130776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-camper.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nasevanuxetut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qfse.co/images/uploaded_files/ckfinder/files/1625239110_c644f455e1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace28fb1b03---32919028685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaimassageboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/larivejuvixaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kangs78.com/clients/66216/File/8571660008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/85707884788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608904ecefd44---vikusevefizuvomadom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7955c813aab04e9f5ebb42ea06eb0833/31806863391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s28de9k3u7nurqdigfea4jfdk0/46210727374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladulceseguros.ar/noticias/fckeditor/file/jobowotop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ciiinnovationsummit.com/ci/userfiles/files/95308628951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadmoor80.com/clients/866172/File/69280041114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weishinclinic.com/uploads/files/202108271449382247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhodeislandalpha.com/clients/56223/File/kuratasufirobolowof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=planta+valeriana+pdfPDF 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_off0000dbde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBDE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3F5 10272 bytes
SHA-256: 9de442daacba8505d11e81c5b75bcc3c6ae882a529f264cce41abe8317a65a94
font_02_sfnt_off00010b27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B27 18772 bytes
SHA-256: a02f06f701d075c177b58af9d315f16074c40cc93acbed40cf1c6518851924b6