Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 329bae370f000770…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-14 00:44:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: d2ac7e0422d6cb1446c50efc96157622 SHA-1: 8e1137dd1938457a4f4aef6b0d2b770f2be43ec3 SHA-256: 329bae370f0007704d9360a804ae0b2075762b4768fb413e8435850dadb13d16
214 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous embedded links that point to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The heuristic firings indicate these links are associated with malicious redirector infrastructure and a link farm strategy, suggesting the primary purpose is to direct users to malicious sites for phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm characteristics strongly suggest a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+say+fatty+liver+in+spanish In PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75e6a3eb7810a81b743ea2626fb2e055/vowusaminezufuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18f4be8566---raligugepelab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/3018886175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gillsandgeckos.com/userfiles/file/sotewuludijijotilal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dkmodels.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mapupazipepedikegone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.larche-de-jules.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fobavojulutorepuvuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canionglobal.com/FCKeditor/file/kinutepawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdb4b112eba---jarikile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6lo0heo3cmu6mo5l5cj9gbjr9v/manedawuzepem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheumst.com/upload/fckeditor/file/fuvudino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tksvolga.ru/userfiles/file/27963893216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korean-school.hu/hangul/userfiles/file/galinezujifetokovud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ewdel.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18275075342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021052109555151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c67609c152a---mapugemizubasibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40879586505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofapas.it/userfiles/files/xawupezagutolaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkwwta.org/userfiles/nojomagapotirifigawuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c61ec83ad90feccc937e77ac47daf4d/ropenavonasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608962c9e09fb---wonimija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210726002544_1158063797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srividyaastrology.com/userfiles/file/remaboturapudipuziniloju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/kobufuburovilipejanulazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab46cf9caf2---megirebopenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a93e8f7b7---61154332683.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_off0000facf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFACF 16592 bytes
SHA-256: a94fbdf2b2de2d2ac6ec1313d50e422383fa6d650c0e7f5dbc8bbea353a1658e
font_01_sfnt_off00012614.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12614 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 925c918953d70463db05c878b073f8a74ec08b7a517917151c7b19d4ea23b5d3
font_02_sfnt_off00013ead.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EAD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1