Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32c08b8b2a2f9409…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 17:09:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: dbba4eb59836a3d7cc903c5eaccd0dcf SHA-1: 167780c2541778614ab5e2d0a8152d9214d713e5 SHA-256: 32c08b8b2a2f9409e30ecff8650790756dcf3f09b13cfaf074e9076415e39db6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristic firings indicating it is a link farm, with several links pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware sites. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure or a downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q8ovfn374t6nka778d29gdf1un/xesufuxasepopobojagexe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://resortweeks.pro/userfiles/file/kinobevumufatuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smm-mm.com/uploads/news_file/bixemibofuzubawomajorav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inarsindbari.org/uploads/babapobukoximazejiwejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanagustin.cl/files/renut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/tixiwinopuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tropo-design.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85891633357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131497e93985---66837220105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/62557584961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patidarpalanpur.com/web/k/main_admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61432119985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/zutexinemijafukosaxabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yugang360.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-17/20210917104701116097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjhywt.com/images/upload/File/2560416021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dycmc.com/DATA/upload/files/202109151759391765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rcp-ranstadt.us/files/vilifuvibevovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://f-kcc.jp/user_data/userfiles/files/vofivodatunegiwupuxef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deleeuwputten.nl/site/data/ws/files/1874854297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuatoyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/nurizolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yizhu580.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xinogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lngpetro.com/userfiles/file/46752992501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyptsuntours.com/userfiles/files/rozapidafenifuvef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcampoeco.org/FCKeditor/file/9834305833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lanjutpt1.com/contents/files/95326050593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161387e0529d77---10370325289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obraz-tlt.ru/userfiles/file/wodutopelapiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=disable+my+ad+blockerPDF 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_off0000c348.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC348 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 48f07d4a14efca8e3ce8eb01d0a2836bcf004c20f9b0fd62aaccb1a163d9ea85
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbbb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBBB 16900 bytes
SHA-256: 1e63f9f76053b355b9fe8ed0df1b22523ab58011d0d9760abe2e19c35451d117
font_02_sfnt_off0001075c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1075C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1