Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32466f6a2ed44096…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.9 KB Created: 2021-09-17 07:34:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3efcf56bbecba92bdb25564efcb0f217 SHA-1: 2639faed34842b686541495b1c4b9c19e61a1138 SHA-256: 32466f6a2ed440963d446494a8a2d64a90a99e4781f2c54cb8f1fa3511aff7a9
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites, with one URL pointing to a WordPress upload directory. The presence of embedded JavaScript, though not explicitly detailed, suggests potential for further malicious actions like exploiting vulnerabilities or downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://curewelldiabetes.com/userfiles/file/26567559528.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rjbmachinery.com/d/files/87921603505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e815bf333c---23322597329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karaari.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/sirukigowokexibaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0923e4f92cc46ab73a5ea6171d556762/besomiritafajixasij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quinta.cl/upload/files/podanalefoxonokexam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/xilidowemope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomaszskiba.com/userfiles/file/56533651955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saraswatishikshamandir.com/singhania/downloads/file/72463227673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1cdd523bcfb51b9cf36df44edaa6c28/zekudowebidivazedevirikom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k4n8dr1nntkqa6covm2e57mpl3/foxajel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladida.asia/sporlegen/administrator/imagetempfile/bemozolujidoxemodoxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sage-chem.com/image/files/20210905_160337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deleeuwputten.nl/site/data/ws/files/32644546656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132228f1657e---nulosiluvufusilukogikevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.org/imagenes/file/25368406881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bytip.net/filespath/files/20210913075436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kencert.vn/uploads/image/files/24226854679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67dqoc69bircua8ns4cnpe8cda/fofon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tumsad.org/img/editor/image/file/lozivaxexivisofanodek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochisushi.nl/survey/userfiles/files/72798550770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poptheme.cn/uploadfile/files/20210917_111605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mtiwelding.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lipafudada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thecuriosityshot.com/76364069250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=cell+phone+operating+systemPDF 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_off00011992.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11992 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000131a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131A9 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 50cab4f58be24ba09b65ea4c462a16373ef93bad479cb0c87d16392c7343175f
font_02_sfnt_off00014a89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A89 19584 bytes
SHA-256: e689f84d7b8584737e14a2d7672061f4ff4c0672b216fe8aa1e95090ff01dd8f