Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32756e704da16962…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-20 00:20:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 0b3af124db0ff38a53ec369ad0207c2a SHA-1: ddd3d78d44b80f49dbb7424acddaa80f6aff6586 SHA-256: 32756e704da16962b45aee5b124be74ea77455aa3272017936d6d66701daf1e8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=live+cricket+streaming+apps+for+iphone+free PDF link annotation
    • https://alienaquatics.com/home/gb/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1335774033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smirna.pl/files/file/70560750685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musthighschool.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15899891651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktifimmo.lu/userfiles/files/wezimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e9adebd53a---89948429084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calson.garment-pro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vexamisamusuzusozebiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldway.jp/upload/board/file/11587105843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e3eb2958c---besojexajopuvijisena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/938b45eebdf9f544989d1b33600cd4d3/7979614520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chuabenhxuongkhop24h.com/images/files/55873468829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maryamghiasi.com/images/upload/files/runalovelewupomomafuxidon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidwoodmachine.com/d/files/12020129085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mmalappeenranta.com/tiedostot/files/80444474650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhhyhb.com/uploadfiles/files/daperodowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/19218998263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kliknetezde.cz/admin/obrazky/file/bepufowadopakavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.feniuniversity.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89577550837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winso.tw/userfiles/file/68621525922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harrisitalia.it/uploads/file/sodusaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myshopgroup.com/userfiles/files/90138561462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4218774b3d047bf65a69be410e29a77/vekuzadaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockefellersgold.hu/editor_up/87389799279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://registermycompany.in/admin/userfiles/file/pofesekotutaresa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fb19e923e4---83253449436.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_off0000e076.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE076 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 39cedcafdb77f229d6d6f48c9d64ef34a9fe0a3004628e329ee413d05afd99ee
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9E2 17336 bytes
SHA-256: cd994a5c1000c9b4ea578b699f31fc0b1615ac020259c63c7bbf497203b94b0f
font_02_sfnt_off0001266a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1266A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1