Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0332e7a4a53caa15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.6 KB Created: 2021-08-10 09:17:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: dad19506863122522f8307af92190d6a SHA-1: 35027102648558c8388f9bcef519eed2b92c05eb SHA-256: 0332e7a4a53caa156dbc8a1980dd5ff14a5b017da3e3dd15d61dcf9412ef3b87
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and embedded URLs are consistent with a malicious PDF used as a lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+sections+of+the+hospitality+industry+have+you+visited+or+used PDF link annotation
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14a415dc19---tidivajatemojiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f34e28e841101491922d7f9e5664ef6d/8818285680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947375b42d5---nopuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madang.eu/f_pds/fck/file/22897533151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/30670486457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0689dd6d0c331779ccc1d75d937c521/32818051718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/06/12/file/20210612_183102_199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/54835435488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df1e640887---puwugamopirixumatilezubul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db24be12b12ff910bc8e81918e00b952/46145106458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietucmould.com/img-vietuc/files/mifiremup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akonis.ch/userfiles/files/26822595153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a00677aa5d636089e63560b8247f0ce5/dudolixadipepiterapisuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079518324f91---jetonuwuvobudawakif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/gafoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d2a1355d20---75944640531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.org/new/upload/board/files/wifogif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.org/FCKeditor/file/lexujeruzelaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ktcz.eu/files/files/98574140002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c10807697482abf6564484df0291cb3/43237852753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ljogdae972i2onur85km2dbeb/49676421573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813e6585223---49059248786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160972e5a2421d---33388253610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c5eaa4cd5dc48eb149a3880663f3f57/junujezoseziki.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f8ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000110c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110C3 10992 bytes
SHA-256: a3a4c579663987ff44baecdaea5a2c8db0f1601f0072676e68c292888a09467b
font_02_sfnt_off00012a45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A45 17792 bytes
SHA-256: 453f94ab9afc1e744b562d98d11041dc7549041739dc29f1648f7b387db7d4cc
font_03_sfnt_off00014564.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14564 17116 bytes
SHA-256: 8e0a63929d8ebf62dbdbd7ed79df9963c25ef93bbe80fe8d150797e313c00615