Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32b5c7cbb3cbb4f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-07-16 21:04:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: ce5ecb3da20740486fb7138402713b9d SHA-1: 26c9b53a620e7673cd3e6c71f2284d47f76b412a SHA-256: 32b5c7cbb3cbb4f07851d07d57a23dfe0d619849f85a7790dbeb054a110b667f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL findings point towards an attempt to exploit user interaction via embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • 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 http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/33115803504.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14fccc0336---bevajojomukewitamexawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06aab25bd11c129aa90ea0da96442e32/piditusokisorixiwozugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/485334ba1a38bc2062b3f26e2008f0a3/lonevitez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25fa9937eccaa2bc957ed8a0f96b40e1/65286641696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donleroy.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/91563717437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e60cbacdb25---xevuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingcarmotorista.net/uploads/files/59108722490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b08cd02cb16aa727f5ec4591ac499a1/64228002401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df7f1a7ea1e83886c5e231584595a99e/93021469108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085107a23829---vuwifejogofetumuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c90852f274---90405740578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/poxukokujul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwnta.com/userfiles/file/viretopemarowerasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00831c3ea8---82593811546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yamamatoen-wanwan.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98854006179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woods-china.cn/ci2/userfiles/files/20210611090009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aan52jdk3buduvg0qortrgreb5/jimujesigitidonivodul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obrienbuilders.com/userfiles/file/50656893724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/nufasebegur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799305cb10a---nolepebunuxima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5in3cp965r4p6ng9q16ihlg4c7/juwuvoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sphotobooth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c17fc557c---75017038324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/97748085823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=annabella+lwin+todayPDF 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_off0000fae5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAE5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000112fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112FC 10296 bytes
SHA-256: 4e67ed06155c7e5b150b730376085f391ea2abb43a696571094069d69f05dc3d
font_02_sfnt_off00012a56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A56 18004 bytes
SHA-256: d17541ab6a9cc26e87c88c1eede5c634501c626ae2d3fe9a179596fd85f94f06