Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 328b31ed092dd9b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 02:54:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a0034cfe28d2648dda95a866f22b8c77 SHA-1: 9ab237f3233f7a2dc7f038bc6bdb60d6e00646fa SHA-256: 328b31ed092dd9b564ba9ded612824fcf831da28df22455ff83abe41b5c8003f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious content or exploit vulnerabilities. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL findings are sufficient to assess the attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083da241e84e---nemanalajigov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26kqrcofaduph1f4rtunbrrsa6/41850539916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ub8qeoq0b7b1glh8nnea4mprj/dekeremosozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4d4430f25---5155913566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thingsantiquesla.com/userfiles/files/zutofaroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aab73de498cc9dc48cd07deaa37ed228/dakuvidabiteji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082de596b3fc---nozawudotogerofiwezuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsbuffalo.com/uploads/files/rirebebefakut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thrifty-uy.com/files/others/sisogegobexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullgame.hu/uploads/files/pujifobipulego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/12929519916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf34807e11---rezeridesogatididujexog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senseoftourism.dk/userfiles/file/3014944397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liebherr-tr.com/userfiles/file/17170719275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe55904778---51010685795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072867307207---61686954344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://porpora.biz/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///daxofekevorunerikozuvoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chauphongasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pp5snad2orcpcu89tn4k59525f/xomuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thementalhealthadvocates.org/files/userfiles/file/11631381526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a0730f35d5976d0644364992d8056b9/siwivijekariruzujupudin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87760cbba1dab8419141f6b157ed6182/38641305192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenlivinggarden.com/htdocs/UserFiles/file/84936119431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b86f8a38616---1195647658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k4sv17k814iuh91jq8g9jmqut3/dalorivagejupiteled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b11671388---45840389756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=signs+and+symptoms+of+salmonella+poisoningPDF 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_off0000e832.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE832 16540 bytes
SHA-256: 9785b6a481fa7febab9d36e26580fefb6f19e4cfeff9a412e3493a33c70fe086
font_01_sfnt_off00011313.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11313 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 36d94aa4f6c083e0e84de78a76d17def643cd01c4e544a9c35c314c020dbd7f2
font_02_sfnt_off00012c31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1