Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 324013f73fffe4bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-08-03 07:43:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 00b481daf92821a48c789741dad616ce SHA-1: a0fa92423a2408500807649c8a5ac1fe9a6b9ab8 SHA-256: 324013f73fffe4bc79b4cf8ca053c3a49537b809c1e5afb7fb260df094e9c9f9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URIs point towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9907

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://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/247f79bdbe3ae89f7a8b7aad96d94344/81678856246.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607927911e4ac---botezumixupotojabikus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serviceservice.eu/userfiles/file/sosokalefodukilirazixudon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721f51b2fba---retukebirukimodijujekap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d7296955f---62713863419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/79138691334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsclassof73.com/clients/9/9a/9a21b0b253f7c4eafe662346d237c286/File/72155644632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cf30b21cae---pugij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vncdata.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/20921945419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xpressup.com/userfiles/file/13008453019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c8329bcm8i07rc8g50jdaii2t/2829257305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://facade-metal.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zijajoterifolopugida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newdimension.su/userfiles/file/23550159215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de386ed0c4---57325830295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e7ea3b489ac5605ea102308df685e3f/zujidadefadokisalevizoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160950fe7028f8---ranumuwekit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8r4jff89m1s5r0oq6slv3n3nm3/24666383367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vucert.vn/uploads/files/manepipolidivoxapotaponep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioambienteterritorio.it/userfiles/files/boxetanajeworaviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/zexolisodedipex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/blau7ojnf5m11017qlj5iq72bo/bolilewifudonuxulupog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5acec6ff1---vojubexubegamuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32jv7tgv3limsl49tl1ikgrg24/78957417086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d35ab0f48beefe9bdc1ebc3c9050a02d/43358182166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ss5qdpvfvvr1ia0t6in6u0f4pl/jegosodozafemusasajus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/977509bc10e409ffa67fcd040a143deb/8659561160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopignotti.it/userfiles/files/batefomujudogasenaxepap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=excel+data+entry+form+template+excel+2007PDF 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
font_00_sfnt_off0000e090.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE090 17720 bytes
SHA-256: 72eb5b376359f2bac443385d082c20876a5c6317f274eff93f9d7aba455dac7f
font_01_sfnt_off00010e84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E84 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001269b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1269B 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 32f6cc28487372105cbb2d434c6b39f244a317d2d45a8a2728bdd5cf7c1b28e6
font_03_sfnt_off00014053.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14053 16236 bytes
SHA-256: 9f9c9255c0426c77c5b13ef22f4242f4f7095bfd8ba808a20cf1712cd58ffb40