Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32c9021b4d6364f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-26 01:24:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7cc1b58c7e6099e0fc0bb8f1bb586a2f SHA-1: 4cc8c5720172f12a6ee91b88ef63a938d0fa19ca SHA-256: 32c9021b4d6364f706efea05eee2adae4f52a06701009432eb0fb5fe505b5017
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, as indicated by the 'Fake invoice / payment lure' heuristic. It contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to download a second-stage payload. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f459817f9---51145986033.pdf
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b736fbea346---70047612324.pdf
    • https://angkagenap.com/contents//files/relixojujazoxebitura.pdf
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/dudepukaloruvanarugozo.pdf
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778705b55f1---darik.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ql7akp8te1u0hnlr0opv5vjp9d/xoxasexededelabido.pdf
    • https://ratco-hardware.com/Ups/files/25910924569.pdf
    • http://mtlebanon62.com/clients/5/5e/5ee551a8be14a26d7d76bc5e90dd1372/File/34006773235.pdf
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mijqkh3e7h2nn36ukhh5gm5huu/57866089830.pdf
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/japowajad.pdf
    • https://gelblighting.com/userfiles/files/wogepokenijip.pdf
    • http://nkmate.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210724_EE6EBAE9EFAE5C66.pdf
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7984f6e6c2---52204215654.pdf
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d804481c1309d3a2dc6425c34ce7ccd7/48006659314.pdf
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759bd79cc30---gigegugajenux.pdf
    • http://madiran-cruduparadis.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/suluwokilumidinusajati.pdf
    • http://anapro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/davibik.pdf
    • http://yljx.cn/images/upload/File/kugiz.pdf
    • http://teleinwestor.com/userfiles/file/31269617161.pdf
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45e973062ee38e6c3e77a221bd961efd/nubasezoro.pdf
    • http://mamnonlittlesun.com/upload/files/lirapudozekiragimumizun.pdf
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607696b43199a---firalubapa.pdf
    • https://nada70.org/userfiles/file/76747419995.pdf
    • http://whitepurdeespires.com/clients/b/ba/ba703c466af5784ee38134b9d09df413/File/1462507810.pdf
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6b82c95f7---vineloxuf.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=3+day+notice+to+vacate+texas+sample
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f2b4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B4 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010acb.bin
9e2cc9aef251cb9e354293a24f234e1c20bff27db1af3bbf2b3e623fd6a1e5c0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ACB 10932 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001242c.bin
b0de35588c2585cc50973945d8c6e10d81cc3ffbb8b7f4be055553365060b417
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1242C 16244 bytes