Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32c0b748a53407ce…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 21:14:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 478b175f89c6fe64659cc335732bfa4d SHA-1: cbdcdacdc3b9de665a7c406aabe5aaa12c68d322 SHA-256: 32c0b748a53407cecaafdb3b748af237b9891c09c1fffa40463b776e62c38d7c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document identified as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or are part of a link farm designed to redirect users. The primary attack pattern appears to be directing users to potentially malicious or phishing websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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.
  • 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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=universal+design+for+learning+principles+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caf47eda152a48f71b0c0222b250ce6c/46464314459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/pujaliruwib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wadirumshootingstars.com/userfiles/file///sujamudusobupolepelat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensjonatagat.pl/userfiles/file/sanoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dd384e41ce77fb61f5509c88d9a7559/fetetirenanapofefifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurishupally.org/userfiles/file/94278099493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01cdc116a7f0e5c85f1e25a370433dc4/46689792377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d129d3e555---bafazapapuninesedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sampoernastrategic.com/uploads/image/files/97019660768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/mawikozonelewotasukaliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pcparts.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gerufurumilabepovadaxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-design.de/userfiles/file/40376854236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db785c5864529217b98d9d59c1c9e645/muratu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b064c7bfc34---65812973827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/18097953786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094928128815---nadogojezexaporudonax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akekaluck.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19324274669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724e39de163---domajisutoviwobevokexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtaky.sk/media/file/vetemitaxosuniferag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitchelllawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/32494514286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grupo.iberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puzuzodemil.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_off0000c823.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC823 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e035.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE035 18892 bytes
SHA-256: 7e63c542b9b4a14ac16459798a3587de8e681b6ac622e9703f06a6dbfce16aff
font_02_sfnt_off000110a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110A0 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 2f12862bd09c9ff5b4ce7cc1ad31b77894878f040af88798245015fb6a92c5a6