Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2d32971e574fe736…

MALICIOUS

PDF

294.0 KB Created: 2021-08-11 17:19:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a17484b98e30202a8ded8ade2d9000f6 SHA-1: 0540f6e296e6be02b36655772d70aa07caadab01 SHA-256: 2d32971e574fe736c7ce7b2dd8ce6fb2ee8bcb10121c35c63c36ef7d801e39bb
134 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, as indicated by the PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristic, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9038

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db7a2b6ab8---fimon.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ea5fd758457b0d4444c02873d25755a/73262761543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e17i8q3s0eugvsje511hkpn6n8/95257040583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/489d04d22e9ad77e60aaeb16fadbb7bd/bewezudupixofemekude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensacolahigh1964.com/clients/1/1d/1d652d7f5bd5fd2f3712913460b20393/File/96866871542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhansq.cn/upload/file/31781596915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210510085330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/goribizeteva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yomamasushitogo.com/uploads/files/betovunotegibikegosani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poexali.org/static/image/_u/system/files/weveboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8d010ea832---zatijipujawenupuzun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hkovg0gkvpejs7i8vifpe9l2b0/fifutijiliwodekowipuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100a8e62b826---85465433995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210505022445186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrilaui.com/userfiles/file/sezimapunebame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a1a3606171f4e585fa16210483b2526/sumekumiwopozizirodibozin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozgu-yapi.com/firma/files/xenisezosimuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210728151106313924x287r9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grotech.in/userfiles/file/44819749835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giritrademark.com/content_files/files/ladolatifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://posekatzahradu.cz/files/file/kubisul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21b7c17cd41ce39c4887e89c490a8d18/zowobiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///41400904741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonelektro.hu/files/file/limezurufegiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab66e4ea041---80918352584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B9+%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%83+%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83+%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%85+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8APDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off0004365c.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4365C 37080 bytes
SHA-256: 29ea1f71a4b5ae8a16824ac9663c77fa93a7fdf831238cc3fbed9cc641f5c7e8
font_00_sfnt_off0003e789.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3E789 18860 bytes
SHA-256: 3cc2fbbbdc54d70138b8442396164b6d3c6561d4f1ee7256093ef13f501a254e
font_01_sfnt_off00041701.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x41701 19444 bytes
SHA-256: 705a2816d29f99bcb92141872d8ab0fcfc6165e4352814eac2c2dd61fb5bbb0b
font_03_sfnt_off000474c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x474C4 8984 bytes
SHA-256: 1155eef8b03fb48db8196c62fe92ea0367c3129ef5e52290f3da045cb9446085