Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32406a248e196e9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 03:13:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: d44eee33807f3e193f5daf425f518cc8 SHA-1: 5da75ccceae5b2c80418d15dd670ecf3076a857b SHA-256: 32406a248e196e9c392167f279552b7625786c9df30ab9c32137515bbff72f84
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as a link farm, with many distinct hosts and links pointing to disposable or compromised hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV also identified it as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vv6d68lfk0fl9in8n0bk7lvv45/22064122150.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/voramalilaxiniwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c330960b7---koxedot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soflocops.net/clients/81266/File/laxiwuzat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a86155913f0b6efa1588a5330630e46/defelafobofuluvukubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ba89db5c7---tegeridiwinula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2925769a659e7ad8262dd6e8f528a586/wipani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bff0762a3cc---56721393734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zezoalza.com/ckupload/files/47666390095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7119abd8cc7d1791e4293411a7b522e/23913910005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wulf-sanitaer.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iu230vb2dqa0t9ado6ogfml1cc/81044984098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d36e4f58e9022cb776d895fae93a0e82/kedobegaworiguwiwijonumip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c88a98c258---15904667447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2428aa0b0---36963198738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actioncoach.com.my/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b75c745a310---lojugewuxumiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d9e7669ab---sunugusosunavufal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfaed114c04---40871803162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/astte269vkhgslfiil53dfnb5o/70181483441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607605ddc72c7---28318801272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a91fb55461a---dugajixotobupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc88421aec---medipevupejexefujigoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16089ada397151---sadizexokusitegixopegiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cars+with+twist+gear+shiftPDF 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_off0000d953.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD953 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f165.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF165 17312 bytes
SHA-256: a2b909ee4e3b48ca71642ffc21655f27e3105a4bc6043e54281f0e0e980135ec
font_02_sfnt_off00011eaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EAA 10340 bytes
SHA-256: 05717f08c574fb09035ee190bdd3e356fccdc8680af2cfa65ff83e9fc9080706