Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b52a8a30c0a03a35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-09-14 05:49:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 835ab650b312eb0f44c1bbaeb53b96b6 SHA-1: 537b9c39d8374695016b6b4ca5c72f7451699964 SHA-256: b52a8a30c0a03a359be7e5ed3da1560d8bbee99cd35b60addf61f9b948119c4e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://adacu.org/userfiles/file/20210910202803.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://komunalno-vrgorac.hr/files/gazutalefodibesazeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lmnn.ru/userfiles/file/1467900395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://millionsdiscount.com/mo_images/files/zabagedona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139dc745ba3b---66838696037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cherryontop.pl/upload/fotki/file/71952720935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/90206439082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twtipa.com/upfile/files/2021/09/10/21094806501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.club/sites/default/files/file/67762844135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.integra-cr.cz/administrace/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14857552202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bf1e4ea3b8---kebomiwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161349ca0b0899---78524881618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebizplus.com/userfiles/file/49188910708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14b182162ff5806cc18519029c543dea/50271619892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenflameenergy.com/userfiles/file/pizalujojumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1mosref.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gigin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.ca/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/94472127998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/302a1b3237b015c3bb47afe99b8ed045/menezidupipag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciavictoriayjmleon.com/userfiles/files/27366855394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokumsuzgec.com/userfiles/files/39353266015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346fe4b42b0---tatiratotoxarodotibegom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://needletherapy.eu/upload/file/65537556366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartickgroup.com/userfiles/rozelizalaxojusil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91014670503039484b9f8ab827ab5d1c/67973236406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sial.pl/galeria/file/85171953182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=smart+defrag+for+androidPDF 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_off0000fb21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB21 19532 bytes
SHA-256: 57e712149395d6c9e7e1130c15d6a871cdb259f870c09c5bf4d2050d56f4704d
font_01_sfnt_off00012db4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DB4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000145cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145CB 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 41f2af9c3ef73bd5d88ef94ec161b79b9437dc27f40f50ee300ac21942193c64