Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32b263365499d885…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 16:24:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 1258dd04c2947eec11c693e11e103b4a SHA-1: e263956c8eabf521370d2aed649a3b8005f7611d SHA-256: 32b263365499d885fa60f488a493c4ca7bed4f6292f1659ec208d61c3e6f41a1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a likely phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not 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.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cell+the+unit+of+life+class+11+questions+pdf+for+neet PDF link annotation
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/591d56d71c9a7a7543925c5ffd81227b/88227989327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a43dc67bb44dba60c920bb08e3b48d2/35381231130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a81728e84be---rinosimomafepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/19832792517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a2fa45216b---sinezufawibekivixubiriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d560a326bc1d5896ba773615098d150/21570946063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/jefavabajijag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609838aa05468---7315348479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vuuh49o9jv5gftrifttp1dons5/41601897035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2803a4c376622b5e03e1f7861b1d45ac/14189083607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5903cb5ed8---pebezufigemugajexaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/gevofugakolevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7462228453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariasangiacomo.it/userfiles/files/76919684270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1450c7184c16169c41bf0c8f7210330/91231318545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/65209387235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608608a8df3cd---tedasedazagus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6917cb2dd3---95769485304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k42m8dk13kebb7plsakg50apue/69281583856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ssvacancy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zokexamatikujirimozisobev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4480166a0ced58e829e5711b07d9553a/70626612495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607911196b249---64315567501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c1bcc3f5c5---lirogalifurolijusiwor.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_off00011b07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B07 17280 bytes
SHA-256: a3687c612355eb9f9205378f1b308d76beee6d834571941baaad2b8f4798aea8
font_01_sfnt_off00014816.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14816 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001602d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1602D 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 8deae0f5389b495f71e84779e327b3a283828808d8e4ccbc87423ebce8619619