Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca52a1796739be43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-08-02 09:07:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 645f7d616965a55685f43e229086c980 SHA-1: 8a8ba44df2ffd3015941ca809f20e5fecf90d0a6 SHA-256: ca52a1796739be43149d435dba7bfc1408852351365e70ee915468bcb1269d4a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. 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 0.9919

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://quangcaowebsite.vn/uploads/files/84536412981.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087293b8bc17---gonawirukulibebovuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cablexconsulting.com/Upload/file/fegugotonugatem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mabifitness.it/userfiles/files/47514975579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.verneteco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ribazazojigujudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozari-ua.com/files/file/wiritisopideva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/13769236262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilafafafa.com/shopadmin/upload/files/79777938386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a4c7e1f6b4a25a9d12b36da1f6fb25a/57637263028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/32721768341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3de09bb8478f16c4ac78a4c22c6f6b5c/gubumosuzofovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lokmangal.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/456321f64d27082facd89274b8052145/78396764212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allcreaturesinc.com/files/files/judibozapekinufadanajokek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/616f224bc95c9c24994167200b937ea8/41915596673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d4c97683d5340d454365c2179747556/wopipuporadokir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bobmeetin.com/media/galleries/files/38860673141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b488db873bc---94613218761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca720d781c146a8e879f94102e92ab07/tapew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviatechinform.ru/sadm_files/1703223764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e55f9258fa5c264a64217ed200de485/gabunawudesafoguxomikixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debo-fit.be/userfiles/file///sifawezuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9eede5369---42039929425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/odnl1iv82u87g254qp8ljcghpd/63414997004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xehowo24h.com/images/ckeditor/files/xefonexidexupawiposuzobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080dab422aaf---weligeduniwovusazobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5db3coe6ct2sf615jlt7t9gbs/46152817212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+sound+of+the+poem+death+be+not+proudPDF 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_off0000f7b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7B3 16660 bytes
SHA-256: 0b1aa732da5a173fc2988d465c76baafb1f3452adea5dfe4377e8c899892d992
font_01_sfnt_off000122e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122E1 10952 bytes
SHA-256: be5ba517fa5be52f454b6a45e0611874d22b99b1b22b8393dfb8b058b7926f80
font_02_sfnt_off00013bda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BDA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1