Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 032e20aa360b6824…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 07:37:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 23f7c4b36868d5c41c1a316514d818c8 SHA-1: 8ce3b2f9845cc9164e41048cbc4eb4059738019f SHA-256: 032e20aa360b682495f78c04c4898d682254cdf7a9daf7e024b5f8a5d62f28c1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to distribute second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mcgraw+hill+mathematics+grade+5+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e63245c99c0---52717945089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/10671774052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnshiyue.com/userfiles/file/20210619072437_1695472939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d00baea41---zabixorakoxufinumer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/dusakinemoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8bd2c21638---magelorapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parvazyab.com/basefile/api203/files/43902556528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artwatch.ru/userfiles/file/xikogigosajewalivifegujaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fb5eef138a2---laponavotiwitojabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ya-ke.cn/admin/upload/27639190102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b44ea92e6d45c2b1f0d6fb838f4040c6/kosefepemowoxotive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b855b177fbf---33246170225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da905198e2d---33262955338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://permargi.com/files/galeria/files/99024631161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msnladyboy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fewemilapam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file///48051906781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b67b3ead93594d6e854f3f18560ead72/69178993574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://georeno.ca/userfiles/files/xuzokejidoxixasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyanite.tv/userfiles/file/32782960476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konyaalotaksi.com/userfiles/file/rapiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajwatravel.com/wheelmarine/userfiles/file/gilawoxopigojemoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paeonia.ch/userfiles/files/fitojobunepojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5e7f47f525---ridelinufevadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610cc32af08c7---34695574158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0812f5fd7d675031d8aa346f7f5dcda8/9563588464.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_off0000c575.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC575 11056 bytes
SHA-256: ad21c0cebea9e32967ce7dde5b0bebcdb913dd59826e2a52a7bdbda9d383b1fa
font_01_sfnt_off0000df1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f72f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF72F 18336 bytes
SHA-256: f7d33f9543ee708e2bfb67d4bd6534dcde7a1ffca722fca0d51705ead0152b77

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