Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1332ae03ae5e3e43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-08-16 01:13:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 07baf829f4729ecacb13cd3738f8de39 SHA-1: 53380fcbe767284ced1831568eade4ee4d0cbd83 SHA-256: 1332ae03ae5e3e4361ac0ba33069b12a579fbba23acea1f1b9be40bf7ad80f67
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs suggest the document's purpose is to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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 http://gardnersunited.com/clients/e/eb/eb3320446930dd457027df34457c622b/File/92539689194.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9lqm5ink6nkc4b3q9ojm8iul32/72077700080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/xopimafavek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/870eaca793003a9aa9449ad198c81748/zoxotemipatiborelidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cb4c5df420e6592b8f280a7eaed3dca/50437183451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundai-dongdo.vn/images/files/bolidobejugibewumezaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimaycafe.vn/uploads/file/4404096279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-domrep.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46393174707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b8839d041---mefamovegujinoxutum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/59738745562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/11581946282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busanpc1.com/upload/fckeditor/file/47590203540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55281a498c158f18a346d4700eacedeb/subegiwivexir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edd7oq0olap9tdp5bmjd08f70t/padufiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electriccityusa.com/images/fck_uploads/file/vakopejuwenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e18dbc3a6b7---86735691866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbf7ce553f9---zuzijigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qgp1jhio2qb9q5iodk30d26c55/57880376837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d05ae06992---xumovozusavalixafumurale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiusfuneraldirectors.com/files/file/xowuzanorusamelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4sajncdstshnlcsqaplmcjg38/regakexupet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbac1f9722d---36018128501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/trf7ve64jabmlhq6lnnskbuqkt/dewonekiguvufigawudukeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electrabicycles.pl/app/webroot/uploads/file/16250302538535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iva-vietnam.com/userfiles/file/mepemum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=free+roms+psx+pepsimanPDF 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_off0000dc30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC30 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f447.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF447 10348 bytes
SHA-256: 34d90dcf0a65ecab038be8121a17c1b26bf3621e0dcac459aac4bd0acb125e69
font_02_sfnt_off00010b98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B98 18044 bytes
SHA-256: 228ff63564b8a43ff04bdb52337ba2f6029e77b968e4c1a4498e1d5f3d3ac47f