Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32c7d388fce49c17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.2 KB Created: 2021-08-28 15:14:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 55c1a6932b4b5e1b8f227bd70cc2e50f SHA-1: 0620b0c8e7aff0963118efd730dc473ac8fe48c2 SHA-256: 32c7d388fce49c174e10f6befe7fb1aa827944c295b9e82c89334ef8c8ed1221
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely a phishing lure disguised as an invoice. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic firings point towards a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/169cc5fd7cbb9cd0e86f92cf040eee0d/donam.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://atkarisuli.hu/userfiles/file/zokosenaxazimapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b99ddae59---71792111339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrapanel-alegjobbfutes.hu/userfiles/file/kunanegovabafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bb3163a63---dimuxujubevolir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f16c4e34d---nimipusegegenaxubizijez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/jasupolowefilewupusikipes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49a03b6013---51995879263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toddfamilyreunion.com/clients/4/48/482e924d5a052aa4a0c13eb8a30e0bc8/File/duroxupimotogalukemel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinge168.com/uploads/files/20210826145353_280260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fcf0b223c9863530584501eee9211f3/zobebazodoneguvapomibumuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tlrt2rpqoftb4uuhtf5bl70dt6/76092513244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l51dvjerqhqnhaf7j0llgk034i/lalaxipizorex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2588db635aa82ab63973f4d61b92ec07/mevolenodetaliwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2e12ed5fd---xutes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idosekotthonaveresegyhaz.hu/files/files/50182729579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encoregallery.us/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8be3e5d15cb4b91b78f4dc8355cfcf6d/zuzowogexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa94be70548---zodolawurubipip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immopolignano.lu/images/26985896586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.drop-lok.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fde35f2da64---jasozopugawipijapamub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/zodezab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=text+structure+in+a+sentencePDF 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_off00011e5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E5A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001366c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1366C 19088 bytes
SHA-256: b5fbd76cf262030b36f21eb09dfd1b80d8f9966dd3b862fcfc4c616aca408acd
font_02_sfnt_off00016769.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16769 10220 bytes
SHA-256: d8706784f9ee5bc938a1cf691b554f00356dd29f616b50f4a4006274679cbfe1