Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32b3ab3ec2eeb99b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:45:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: feb409702e75f119aa5c11642be52fcc SHA-1: b7b127d2f55b420961c1fd33ee3ff0ad063db927 SHA-256: 32b3ab3ec2eeb99b8645ad84b0814f3e21150995f86afee15f5fb9604b8a2efa
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The presence of a link farm and the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 http://5m-tti.com/uploads/image/files/12170880031.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://goergenpainting.com/clients/0/0d/0d1038892961fdbf96b6a8e7e8daca8f/File/vurokebupug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebeccafantarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/62655173466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112fa95cfd7c---zuzepim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skillmapmagazine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zizakelojubonazeweragi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palet-school.com/files/files/dekajivakekofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bda10c79bfa69d3b1084b17b07c6fa2/pipolakatis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c31e3eaae---pokibifapikewasuxavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb4043364c14bca82c089b55d88c66ac/xotenumavaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicolamanna.com/userfiles/files/rejexasufukixomaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108c2035d6be---80039711521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eperon-kochersberg.com/img_db/61855866977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/94566954778.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mezmat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nedomanilosurap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cf5316a71---kumural.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mutowonawemizagifedoguwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguoixunghekiev.vn/userfiles/file/14258392931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8b5e309775dc234aed3f23d5053c03e/pavobukusufigamizubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ore-processing.ru/d/files/28903356125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c0cd39edfe---82401402730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vestol.bg/files/file/zawezinaxulerejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87186511073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=td+climatologie+pdfPDF 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_off0000df0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF0E 10552 bytes
SHA-256: e24c50713ca9ad5843152700c781ac78d3c7949914ed17e3907f4258400840e8
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010efa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EFA 17828 bytes
SHA-256: a2c2c7fbecd23cf38af22693ef2fc55af075f7a4bd91373cd17adba77c67b985