Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32d32537502d268d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 01:15:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: eb4c746e8ace739b2ca947eaba8faf23 SHA-1: 9c76c4870e742a82a0b55addfda25d2348d715ed SHA-256: 32d32537502d268d463008141df1402a35031a62249c52ea77871688af52dbaa
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics points towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+computer+system+notes+pdf
    • https://www.ppmcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe4dfqp6l9ih0nsv2oc0jcjvph/32434399964.pdf
    • https://cvconstructionsgoa.com/pharma/admin/userfiles/file/28504396147.pdf
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t3ttlb33mtcn7i8d3p2b9a0qcm/jebosareketomanewud.pdf
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bae6226ecb---93687311711.pdf
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e8cb71db604---vinamunuk.pdf
    • http://alexandercdg.com/clients/36029/File/87089574005.pdf
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce4bb7eb2e---xixavosutarolin.pdf
    • http://goldendazzle.com/upload/quangtri/files/lagawewawojipoxolu.pdf
    • https://autoskola-scp.com/files/ferebevegafowuxo.pdf
    • https://ljlconst.com/admin/images/file/97064213636.pdf
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e9928ba95---74674345018.pdf
    • http://barnesfamilyre-union.com/clients/52050/File/8041899589.pdf
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/re153hge2tn0u0o48o29eeq6ou/napexolitikokegadob.pdf
    • https://www.auto-ecole-rive-droite.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gonibikoda.pdf
    • http://ozkayalartrans.com/userfiles/file/jefunitewuwazewu.pdf
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05bhe9brjksnukrvl4thb3e1ki/zilagazogeledurajuz.pdf
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6tsf84ohf2u67fqhm2hkbrm2a6/zogudotobijufox.pdf
    • https://fsreloading.com/userfiles/files/zepizavos.pdf
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6u4kcvep23dc0qef85oirptmt5/59879870739.pdf
    • http://landmanenterprises.com/clients/6/66/660ad4be7ac834282af30b44844c6003/File/43150844962.pdf
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c86033726f88cfcdb8bae8749375570b/23563115187.pdf
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b283f026b63---76936324615.pdf
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f062dd3055---vimorazet.pdf
    • http://mini-garden.ru/userfiles/file/gigiviwiwivuze.pdf
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a67ed89278196c5c6bf1c36390c8da74/19255620593.pdf
    • 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_off0000be46.bin
ffe85dfa173c7e0c997f1d073714a6429d9bec730b3263ed0f67b1b8f093680d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE46 15744 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e640.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE640 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe57.bin
13103b26a6d543c0a2ae12f29fc6bc78819e7acba1ecb818bcdf761dfd2e01c9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE57 10736 bytes