Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52fc79160758c07b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 19:38:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 9540f8f00ba9b380d46eb7a5a5dfa1ea SHA-1: b1a40688af50187b14594fb41892b0b32e9d9596 SHA-256: 52fc79160758c07b83864252913a4e73c706535debb79165a80fd27cd658285b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which host further PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript and link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82fa1ad678---guzuxujiva.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oknengeqp77pjfg4gm9ihvjko6/xiguta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/549de60238393ff5dbbd0404d95c89a2/31682446705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerfamilyreunion.com/clients/866685/File/22783260060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rld-carbon.ru/file/49929112603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c18bab0a6b3---tenika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084371eb6b56---31985057029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6f890b63d---godotosufep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turexpert.md/userfiles/images/file/zisolitosuroburifaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vantaibactrungnam.vn/upload/files/peketunufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://youstore21.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da4d802adf081f9ff451666adbbaba9e/kivazopanubopefepiripebak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b325e23776fd56ac963509592f82c442/46238361487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivo-mebel.ru/upload/file/86535931246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://publicbridge.pl/userfiles/file/nofewotipakaxoparezewej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/97455082284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alfavs.eu/userfiles/file/dizuriwetisonik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b344028eed5499c5dfe2d640fb91fc4/20195445590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f11acd6f1---jujinakofozugikoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://506hlapeta.com/files/file/14006513145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35e56379b076a99f67867f3021e99234/98507742837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/pilupimapaloxojitubagum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://generaltubi.com/container/ckfiles/files/pogamewidipojejululu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-noah.com/uploadfile/file/38968130469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/csvhu65dtr9l2r91ermog9dvar/sufejuveziwix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/file/vegolegixezafuberabovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=harmonic+function+in+complex+analysis+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/Referenced by PDF JavaScript
    • 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_off0000d9e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1F7 11088 bytes
SHA-256: 340cfe36ccdbad9dd83862bd75d190f35a1bd2024c70c2f37c6cf42febfe60f1
font_02_sfnt_off00010bd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BD3 19312 bytes
SHA-256: 95e8548c2122f522a0bae7a79aa02313a05a8c512efb9322635f08d0e31c3c6d