Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 55a52ae437a49ebf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 18:34:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: db16de88b2727e3cb08a4df20c01c2d0 SHA-1: 5151a5ba6a34797222dfe628d3f7079bd5fcedd3 SHA-256: 55a52ae437a49ebf7ac86dc807c1eaba80a8f7e3df5144e523d54fc7f1914388
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous embedded links that point to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://le27.fr/docs/file/wumoguzugirekef.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119818d71e03---99466604725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaeram.com/userData/board/file/27199798520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vkgnassociates.com/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/35971242753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stratasphere.online/userfiles/file/sekuvegufurolopononok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/55603643695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/488bc63bb218bccf5f3c2c7336d1a083/nuzawesadixuzubenezupep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/pidaluge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismart99.net/upload/files/92374869898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/71043023979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phrabat.net/UserFiles/File/jotojuzulotogewuwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachfirebrands.com/userfiles/file/95458677439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a22dd7d0595---nububizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/47097585337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608afb72d8e30---65347857447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc7e98edb14---89766338002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cryptoshift.be/anaeter_capital/siteadmin/userfiles/files/dufofixulenik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5g435n8rskjcopgn7a9f2no0a1/3548031557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77e7233ecb017ddd7c753a61c935cbfd/mixozodino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/2742512866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6caea74638---10625857359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suchanekstomatolog.pl/files/file/54727363094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160992126e4baf---fixekipasuzamodabisatob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=mitochondria+function+in+human+cellPDF 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_off0000cfe1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFE1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7F8 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 12cdd51f836ce027b70a6d7db049b59a3ce1522604b20630d3fd497dbecd4fd4
font_02_sfnt_off00010026.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10026 18212 bytes
SHA-256: a2412bac0ad7a0b5bb8be96caf3601cb34606e06fa4dd0346bea421998e85f30

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