Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 032dd9a51d2a76e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-08-05 01:49:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6ce59a491e72cab325d0040c60d7ac70 SHA-1: 9f28a63dcd60a2721844ebc9f716dbbc4989a393 SHA-256: 032dd9a51d2a76e8bd1b35f65cf47ecbcc2686f7f98d9c1c1f9e1cd979a01fb4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and potentially malicious PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090eedd2b6ca---70747042255.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0849693001624916512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/49413721896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210501092300_1074856181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/9483215458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607208fe284cd---larekowolopotopikirit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b123fc74457eae47ef889e1cb1ea92e/rarigil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://literie-depot.fr/UserFiles/file/bokoluranug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nenkin-t.com/upload_img/ck/files/63506156743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asthasupermarket.com/userfiles/file/87661718972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burmeseburmilla-allevamento.com/userfiles/files/33555025333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitexprofi.cz/userfiles/file/8598521243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de1f07c354e---sanuzojebijijuxodadozuvez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a588a6b3864---97427588770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8uj9kbkeej2kpj3kumdsaj4js8/bavodijiwizedagepoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/36479877034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabjkhbzbqti4a3apfmdd2s4b.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46250984644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeb31d5ec23686319081f5f0933a169f/11527416501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thingsantiquesla.com/userfiles/files/88467996586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/tasagiwelak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chokysitohang.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/59482347863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innovatepc.com/userfiles/file/60558567298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triptoboloyfoundation.org/editorsfiles/files/bogid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esteticka-stomatologie.cz/files/content/file/2741412225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b2874441c---xujoxususumevivuwudatub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c97co0b87jqm1a3k6us1f264l5/71694062322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=substratum+theme+apk+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000dcd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCD6 17460 bytes
SHA-256: bf29a4c60692656bd5c897af06d6a806abf07cba5363de3eb7d94a163f20c63d
font_01_sfnt_off00010ade.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ADE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122F5 11164 bytes
SHA-256: 801b5e370f8b951de09fb60258e1d1e2ae62487cccb9fe652ce62c5ede8049ff