Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a52e2b73d1942da3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 16:34:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3a7b897c49e7026bdf88ffaea4d82ca8 SHA-1: 60b0f1e9c32d541b150a9342f36ad2dd7c169ee1 SHA-256: a52e2b73d1942da3ff040073d0892c8fd4d096992afc8e161e400474db332897
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+gif+in+android+phone PDF link annotation
    • http://reklama-kemerovo.ru/files/files/futebus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32370040845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joebalogh.ro/imagini_ws/36240205332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b2cf39a4fcaf84a668c891c9e9080bd/xuxosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photopoligrafic.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tifizuzataxizikagamixuved.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khachsanmyngoc.com/upload/files/55068287749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elger.cz/fckphotos/file/bakowakiviwibazifamikefip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusheng168.com/uploadfiles/20210902103512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yetisirkaucuk.com/firma/files/xixizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oedmi4fs0qb8mu8rspm4kv48i5/58697323833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greentreeprep.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34399686442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fef3cf78ca5bd70d1a157d36b7323277/zuwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://peterdegendt.be/file/fiwebetuseju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/gaxitinuwov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learn-atdi.com/uploads/files/36562154623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/58824965337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doucetplasticsurgery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62957852536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/jalizesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingmingtai.com/filespath/files/20210903110055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciavictoriayjmleon.com/userfiles/files/fanekuxejoxalus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137d9ab69897---79296532505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamitobe.ru/files/file/29134791766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139abcc74b41---58406523050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://na-bytecek.cz/UserFiles/File/25145209412.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_off0000eb58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB58 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 294172af3ee446a7c7e49164ffbba0619f31ac8b69928c3c0c8e913f88e5a07b
font_01_sfnt_off00010422.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10422 18428 bytes
SHA-256: d56d9bdd643fe51e69c1a40cd6ea83b01ad7b161528d466d5e9b3faaaba64a80
font_02_sfnt_off000133ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1