Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 652d5b240ecc7c4d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.8 KB Created: 2021-06-06 07:14:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 1c6d23118794d4b1ccfde204e6d08d50 SHA-1: 7f0fa06b68842d22c5dc836294092d52933e6d8b SHA-256: 652d5b240ecc7c4d447d7f7cebf4e22f875dd2d8d3a0f63efb40f0a8fe815dae
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=qualcomm+smartphone+upgrade+tool+1.0.6+download PDF link annotation
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c946ddcdbe22028c955aaf8bcfca1b3/ganusonujiwewoxojusil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ok83ren9ctvrbplhpitcbj8pbt/10894363976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/56571017067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae8d848f090---82171813072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fad3a5dcfd---52025075680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083476d8bfe8---1157334829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/60362558344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b8936c443---zejirubimiriwigotatajik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dajuicebarus.com/uploads/files/91415374937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a43323207a---fagatamigesabuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abae39e34d7---bikizosibubovevemizewibav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logisticsnetworks.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jumuvuwemokiwatorafeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chixue.com/uploadfile/file/20210604094626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2792b94a1f---4153256470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/2468287801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/kadojonow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d5a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5A2 6020 bytes
SHA-256: 0ce586bf37e4af6cd1caa889ca8b55158627e7d40c71cbf5b82777dec009618d
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA09 10556 bytes
SHA-256: b1d843d95b7bbeeb8bf00ade47d5e255c8e587e39dcb33c2168d9c25b8f2f563