Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52f14c45308a7dda…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 15:30:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5944e524820da42a6fae6a7c593b6c06 SHA-1: a9100066b50a1a7e2b804179383b9bc0c3c149ee SHA-256: 52f14c45308a7dda8ae698035b349e4289dad56c5df4837b15235e31c68f516f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to distribute phishing content or download further malicious payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+an+artillery+cannon+in+minecraft PDF link annotation
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0a1f8e1f1d---17004498169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xugivatamaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/309d16c3490e4d89c59366af635f2f4c/vaxigepesakidexexonufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elm3rad.comfile/49595377380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderbestwings.com/uploads/files/niwopobebigetikipeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2vxr09c6mc.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/fofelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a1d57faf0---lematerowelodovunixusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2490034422---15621344560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a501f82c3b2---xivudasabibawanimenenati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/zomubimezum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72095deb68f5228455d09512a2152d77/95024322443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachova-terapia.sk/images/file/sinugexuguluxurarilix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fier-forjat-valimet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/savuxajifogagezalurejewik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/64288543858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af5bcc0bdb20379a37bb49856e50399f/netidoveko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f8d57391c604fecbb4c3269bc06860d/96946231210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qi8l3mn2h6clei9gp2fs3lutq9/noberuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5fc1e31bd1c9bbf29c0917099907397/92292734764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marasintl.com/public/ckfinderuploads/files/fulisudivarefifezalona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/71870337702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/19057008208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4869f3247dd7547f1ceda99d3cd8e3b8/javave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608141c6dee16---dikokal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8e9665e62cfb241102484fd592972d3/lepeparaxopuzuzabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/92122432367.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_off0000f044.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF044 10612 bytes
SHA-256: fd645b1b62f0035c8e2b91839921019134c88cffd25fefda5f3f0bd9d5d70ee9
font_01_sfnt_off00010883.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10883 16760 bytes
SHA-256: 5fd1db70327996e2795e99da5684996a1d6f9345b1e55a08b83cf9a727629c63
font_02_sfnt_off0001342a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1342A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1