Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32dbc3324afc7f73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 03:23:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 8136633c69861d3c64d8ddde987b3210 SHA-1: aa36a0ac1a9ee621ed143f8f40e451f2b0eb3723 SHA-256: 32dbc3324afc7f73b44dff9563203993a688309575fb852070c42031894a75fe
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links pointing to websites that appear to be compromised CMS platforms, specifically WordPress uploads. This suggests the document is designed to lure users into clicking these links, potentially leading to phishing pages or the download of further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eab71963b7c1b37230b6e3afb5fd1750/xovume.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb6f3a184d---73532112235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f2lfsl69sha39csvrm5q4ob8s/sawibosaloxonelexilaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunarfactory.com/userfiles/files/wubaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb87dbeebf---94935073542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98079f6459656c42abddf0ef9c4ff384/31307861904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d321a99107---10483459072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15ff68efa3847e56d114380a82395291/jezegiwasuzujimarobiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentalrud.com/userfiles/file/gufopamozivimoxujux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a490f864e14---bixokuletaxabonura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6643e6a477---27362393850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarlakesarea2040.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99387921295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a8bfad31d---vaforavafiterawup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strategie-online.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/lowukabuvesufuxofevonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinternationalbeautypageant.com/clients/8/8c/8c0f0497d7166b07b5568c04be8084ca/File/33525924363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d44eb28e30f31cb2d45822a3829a3cfa/94492888516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5c9b0ec3969dcc0518b75646241cf83/11155058425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072128a3af49---73909700738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evolutionchonburi.com/userfiles/files/28339950550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad27a297c11---56333431241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fstnocvunvppe9u6s18k1a1t4/kopunovijomilatipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3af3eb67ec---jowifubofuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ba1e7c811f332a6bfbc9d64e81e593f/52385431997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=common+scrum+master+interview+questionsPDF 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_off0000ec5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC5F 10772 bytes
SHA-256: ca34e52b964786bc36fe30ea9e2ff334eae2a51132c71c3775403db71c2cfd2d
font_01_sfnt_off00010547.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10547 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D59 17012 bytes
SHA-256: 000b7bd6ce93a3e7ec8f29f4ce9e5db38aa6f18090bab91c1a7085ff0b0a5c9e