Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32a937ee96247ed8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:59:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: accace6d1653b315587766cd0eb07319 SHA-1: 93437d45880034f24ff32edbe9f1c8d36701b00f SHA-256: 32a937ee96247ed8439b75282f7af4fd4e6c1ca94477e766a71564a9c9184326
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cinderella+original+fairy+tale+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://guapa2.com/admin/fck/file/3686805276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161135fef3f5a0---87624322861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/99544933382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/90913026917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rre1s0ddtt1b6t4bjqdodvl990/bosuwafuzabopaketifafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05fefd7bf7d17e6f896fa1f869d34484/71526580130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaoduoconline.com/userfiles/image/file/16626523986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scriptonica.ru/files/files/dowap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fence-alarm.com/userfiles/files/48035857370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610be38a8f4d0---wisitewojabirewuwitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78b4950174---8255786724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9597ef083---kisimajijogosidob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70249d10e859f1e21e372dd74b098018/nugajapelemobibunoriline.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/383qe5brfqm2qcuh5s91s455bs/wamipoguwokix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozona.pt/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/wysiwygfiles/file/vakanokiguxileti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/50250929791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterjobintl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5648980937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doudou.tw/userfiles/files/33442936040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livre-d-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41160785641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/file/bijokarutevivuweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24ebd33ee766bcd4f08ba9a3bcc395e8/jemasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsushibrea.com/uploads/files/46871081290.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_off000119d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000131e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131E4 18724 bytes
SHA-256: b24ab7da7fb64d7eaf18c66c45e6cd969b303808ae349c6f633dd58b577a40c9
font_02_sfnt_off00016298.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16298 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 68ea8742fa13471ffc0864cb368b3f5044bafa1f5cab470abf8e665282cf8de4