Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32338326b9a158a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 20:46:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: bdfc0af0072046a68f90fb0d2273843e SHA-1: 844ce51236c0f4e623079ea1edba49a87df6fe3f SHA-256: 32338326b9a158a7b3340c900d893df8c131a1dc8b0b402fe46f1300d57ced84
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm nature are indicative of techniques used to lure users into downloading further payloads or visiting phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=lord+of+the+realms+2+online PDF link annotation
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aj1d9nl5je2k25kopoo0rqq2j1/nusijufib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fygl.net/uploads/file/181856216427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westboroughhigh76.com/clients/b/bc/bc4984db1d461a603911d7e4814e3e59/File/datadalurop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad670e847197353ee2d58197e26b9768/70897997207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ncdesign.it/userfiles/files/kifomufatukuxifajokuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digiconelectronics.com/media/80789009525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcresthigh1971.com/clients/9/9f/9fbf9047a6869172a982db6f42f05a9a/File/49384746652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//gixolafexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t06p2v3lqdphrjhd8hlu7k14ug/63497297921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fd8fca57ae1e62465479664099384a5/62460456153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rukgqrcdt421q9tngbmam34ta0/kewedinirukusupuluzatati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/4134878845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772483035c1---pozisifogumakazoxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9d063b1cb---80497032419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lederstuehle-shop.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59939296196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5d51a8ef24326bd9da6f426a5de3433/pafumuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tycoonmedical.com/userfiles/file/wakusatolose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lorichphoto.com/pictures/file/85704322556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d953571cd9---39185245504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a069995eec70c066984e03206c1700bb/96518903905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a89fb4dab---29754680427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5330cd2361---gorikafalunobavet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/73970786987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef2182f1b124ad702dbf547e5f755162/6077490022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0beba22850e6a711c0b6531f2caf477/nipikubexerujiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984b3802994---ribafuzemurapub.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_off00010bb9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000123cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123CB 16972 bytes
SHA-256: 88665b99e0d3a5f71c8af956ef1f4983e1c9d574068c12cbf4638bc4c8d2f168
font_02_sfnt_off00015013.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15013 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 1fcc192dc61ef850bb9c239b154d44576de8b4ced7b8f2c0cde4a8511959392f