Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 752953c6fd59c328…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-08-08 22:03:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: dbac314d3f68df5d533b8295f537d58d SHA-1: 5fef25e727e2b19fd7f71f7235cff853cb852c53 SHA-256: 752953c6fd59c3289f2a7103e6077feb01d93b61199fde2029b2d9a3f8729e48
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories, indicating an attempt to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://yonezawanet.jp/units/24250/zcycom/files/49291229487.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://klinikoral.com/img/userfiles/files/tabawufedukugavojunivok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fff1b956fcd571564855da2e95cdafd4/7834655668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e39aa1831ca---34789260036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grup-insaat.com/userfiles/file/42016301317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hometeamcorp.com/images/usr/63270053741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursakaynak.net/userfiles/file/62265497694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a81c7c2002---9492688903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/zanozojipifakolenewuroza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suzisuvemez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b48276b32---rodimuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kentcliffordreunion.com/clients/a/aa/aa84b18e55fac3ff3c25336c5005d9e5/File/daxivoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarhomepage.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/81118482465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanvexe.vn/webroot/img/files/kotifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888a954f808---50468522351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st-ark.it/userfiles/files/63123446351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hermangroupcorp.com/clients/3/38/389628ddbd62db2fa1e4299ecdfc1861/File/39603553075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2vxr09c6mc.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/52847650718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c211e7eaf---10599326234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64686a4fb6---28664870842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edcdd3badf1c89a8cc85539d7f6fc958/vukabiremizadomirat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609839f511428---pebuzuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecniconuti.it/userfiles/files/37400938238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsfinancialconsulting.com/userfiles/file/kafopirozarimoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=5+ejemplos+de+recursos+potencialmente+renovablesPDF 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_off0000f773.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF773 11148 bytes
SHA-256: b00343ff3c47380353301b6501d431479f9a685d8cd722af5cf1670252b10ac7
font_01_sfnt_off0001113e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1113E 17448 bytes
SHA-256: ec00987e6acd536c447b0acc643a06152d0631875216a1aa5541e73e8752dfc7
font_02_sfnt_off00013d50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1