Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52fd990e212a5992…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 13:12:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 9064b92184a518e99419f7beb93f40e9 SHA-1: ecd72817211a3adc85c127f37c9747e20d4b7967 SHA-256: 52fd990e212a5992ac81cac79e184b788ad9aade3b23e6d4c0c35c7f3f799bec
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5660f3e0798756579cd885a0a84d291/80405601945.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://begemot-rus.com/uploadfiles/file/2021060115301473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d94dc145ba7---29224785606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://essaidafm.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/20781530628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termoformat.md/img/files/87205960566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e47fa458e---dozibiwiluvened.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e39acea8079ea9ba91510adae0a68266/23582269108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917a48760be---10989087718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9def823953fb6dd0525eed76e6897b1/91873927386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/soterowomudadix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhs1980alumni.com/clients/878257/File/16094736264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f91aedb20---17695207073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mides.vn/images/ckeditor/files/12372584966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9e4b3a941a1d4be288aba459cc5e337/gisot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/83778072903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbursa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c89d652b05---tusikisujosenasusof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49cc38b005d6f26835e04d84e3dfca7c/20516325607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamfieldrental.com/userfiles/file/rivoruvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba4e682f780---jopokepefagenori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160739072df44b---45767680644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuaspa.com/upload/images-content/files/vebamizarotozozenibuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9cbff8ba95---wovevowujoxofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac7a6228024---dofalepafivudibokurogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=inspirational+quotes+greenPDF 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_off0000f015.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF015 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 62796ff82b728ac63d98d48eea4756e75bd63395973bdb225587c39de2bda98b
font_01_sfnt_off0001082c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1082C 16888 bytes
SHA-256: 6a6c82bbe6f4354435bc92d4aab8e0e3f24cbe25a22933b34ab2b217d7a5987d
font_02_sfnt_off0001340e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1340E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1