Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 032bdb5ed9e99435…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-08-06 15:25:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 78227d707e07b1d29a89d79aaac33d12 SHA-1: b214ef0cb84e9b2079eff109ff2ceef4a2b86529 SHA-256: 032bdb5ed9e994359bfe5aa30cfa4c03aca6ea96745317e03c392dc2932b0995
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters in some URLs further support its role in a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab6f0cb0f5af84f5ac00492a66a610f1/kefer.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802eb7c2c1f---98551329042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160716f159c388---38009468415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d68e360ba1---banimulokigikazareb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7e2d5b4c01---polow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perilatomsk.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28511231493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106c632bed07---jefadolokejuzevekosutet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blsautomation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70005867802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c819a536de---kagesaxuxarovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/203c98e5990a9f0feb33a22c20000aea/masobuxagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbelly.org/content/files/files/lumaropilurufebaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05d956a90cbbbbb72ea5098c9b12c1b0/26311531067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungbuloon.com/media/ftp/file/20344242014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/lagofutajonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070bb213191e---gazom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a5d2f2ae4---pexuzovoriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdmvt.cz/sites/default/files/66855506657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rent2day.ca/ci2/userfiles/files/lizudupudelademaropubusuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2d2ebd83be773131e92d1e6e76f8d16/25842547506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6b4058bab---85386277190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703655bdddc---42082597235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c30285ea3f2---finiwelepitaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/wosivuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/vesudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=job+handover+letter+format+wordPDF 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_off000122e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122E5 18260 bytes
SHA-256: 10bea14494a403b944b2f60716386fda1d7f500677f0080ff16d56028775538d
font_01_sfnt_off00015223.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15223 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 6f5ab0e7fa0ff13eaf1008d39fe297514f4ebd527ed2835d6de2fd4ecf4268d3
font_02_sfnt_off00016a57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A57 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1