Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32bb4c8617d7fd24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-07-02 05:21:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 69b1bd1276a03958c4d22219559fcee4 SHA-1: 712a3dfdd2cbcc2c868c963478b052f581799dd6 SHA-256: 32bb4c8617d7fd24140d05ddbb0e4bd3b3294690459394412889943bfcf49d49
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. The embedded URLs, despite some being marked benign, contribute to the overall pattern of directing users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a575f07a5d1---93380913694.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc4e20141230620fd1fabbe9397d039a/45452138566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onb2qdj9gmr13vpcvl1m595469/fajuvagakiwozaguzabivogob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nmglyxx.com/userfiles/file/kidabiviririwakubejerisuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed9ace2aac.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heninrealty.com/userfiles/files/ropejuzikiruju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb9dc93e54---zoxosegebilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a28b726825e---domixugezowafamiminekiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e2719db6b110943ec64bee346624ff8/vubutonokotavase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://martonelektro.hu/files/file/bisuladefovafukuwido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodeslaboratori.eu/userfiles/files/10855741779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b807f68f78f---95627306091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2t2voo5u214icbqj3sdms9got0/64453123252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f823c86be6---fegovatiwevijaxeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/maliromabolidowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a759355fe3d---50060523805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-vidnoe.ru/upload_picture/file/pupipedolali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fc516c69ad---44673179418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608038780f2c2---88048321163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc9ef804a5---38785183894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangs-ns.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210528144953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/267424e89be14218acdd48fa988cd5fe/nuromesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47023c1624---58509533270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/59637970113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xtra360.net/campannas/file/roruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7ef886121e45f26622ebe5296b63eac/sikubinimonavigur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9f543dae6---vavusip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=anime+characters+for+beginnersPDF 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_off0000f2a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2A2 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 610c170bbf27dc1c8a05af187d7fa0c7b758a510f4e05c7878718b84778d969a
font_01_sfnt_off00010b8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B8C 17096 bytes
SHA-256: 05ddd3b02f8cfb10aebf09211d87ea0814ab05f6b4ccf143c08095ee9b1f55a8
font_02_sfnt_off00013855.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13855 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1