Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32b093f6764bdc88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-13 21:11:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ef42dac1c75d9dfb03530d0f5087c283 SHA-1: 57642b1fa8d4042c63ad43018e318bc8e0d65765 SHA-256: 32b093f6764bdc8856257bc7ff764c314f08b28af382b05f940f35e86bd0f58f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these compromised URLs, which are themselves hosting further PDF files.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9903

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136a88d95ae9---konedadaxomibotajuzato.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vishalahospitality.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26375481612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosurfest.com/userfiles/files/fukulera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bk.knu.ac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/laregidip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132f38322fb5---21214801130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/wijegokufalomurixarimum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldenteriyaki.com/uploads/files/liwugimefudatimulosat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.winsum.frl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49259687240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioesflores.pl/obrazy/file/71593323488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospelpour100voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/12733692883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikkeempat.com/contents/files/sujipajekotare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gpaci.org.br/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vilux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agcontraincendios.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33315489741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e9fc48399b---nirunivobotumedupidowofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faithleader.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lovefadejedujarekadanakan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esrafisek.com/images_upload/files/50531779307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68a333a7aedf19fad3bc1e6beec15a46/51813780926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitajeans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75554185270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mysilo.com/upload/ckfinder/files/86408017375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinproval.it/userfiles/files/10625927988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abbma.in/admin/uploads/file/nozurenufosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mclarenquartz.in/ci/userfiles/files/78659864652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinaarc.com/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/keluzezeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=xmen+black+widowPDF link annotation
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/pofuwifav.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_off0000dd31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD31 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f548.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF548 10488 bytes
SHA-256: a641bfb43fc5fd34cfff3fe074606ce49e9a64ff5d791293832f5d570594b7ea
font_02_sfnt_off00010d15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D15 18128 bytes
SHA-256: 72c8dc3ab1ec7fc5f0dbbfd05c63f19589021f59bb1ba65d06be90d3780eab90