Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 652e21e5448f5282…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 08:15:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 18340b1a19ac476bf27586a9310850d3 SHA-1: dd93a652d1562a146f32d307af4932814adfc4ef SHA-256: 652e21e5448f5282d793f90d505f50ed8f277c95bf0760fe05e3fe4b63d584c7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised websites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malicious content or submitting sensitive information. The presence of multiple external URIs and links to compromised CMS uploads strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 6

  • 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 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solving+one-step+equations+activity+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82f80b7120---88761315991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e838ab824c---99683157110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prasongp.com/file_media/file_image/file/kolulufexopebegabisediba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polresseluma.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/29407899756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/jijuxefufinime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a2c42e223df---xonuwolinokutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazarziraat.com/userfiles/file/welibal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familiehollander.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/99556266712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implant-drill.com/userfiles/file/78288809551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/358eec96c4e012ef1b177520209c0ce7/54163792108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.minaakshimajumdar.com/fckimages/file/40091197133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ff3e010bbe2---94845214747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baldonimarcostudio.eu/userfiles/files/monusexijonaboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vigen12.com/userfiles/file/bekiwizepawowos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09fc9ecb57bb218d0353e7209a5c951c/josuvesimugikux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757d2f32ddd---76863982406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gurkhasfinance.com.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nujasujudiruxuxogedularav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30682326211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcifirsatlari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830f25b134e---xumakivufopetor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/nuvamisirabekaguwazovumid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hunglivet.com/uploads/files/202108131916171569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/wakajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenagegroup.vip/userfiles/file/62661424999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mppscstudy.com/admin/usercontent/file/ledokunepufikag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourpreferred.com/userfiles/files/8848843082.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_off0000c325.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC325 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB3C 11228 bytes
SHA-256: 1769f1b31a92bcbeec7fc858c05f5712b42e55fc15f84279d60a3100f6ca0fb1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f538.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF538 16984 bytes
SHA-256: de6ab8be910a44127f5322f837d0224e939d5350bb21415fa87556e9b8c43eb8