Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32dbfb308334476d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.6 KB Created: 2021-05-01 07:03:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 89ca4052588693cdffeb89feb6140864 SHA-1: 99179f9fa3beb0de09e7675572a9b6a0313e4791 SHA-256: 32dbfb308334476d22bd52ffa6681669945270afd1a5cdd8e83105adcc9cabd9
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a lure to redirect users to phishing pages or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8701

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7035a5e30be1770161ce41399872d20e/fobeguzexagalogiwev.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ca1d510f00---55886679395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebfea855bceb5d9a1e77f1bb9570a0b3/85033506919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b313edb8fab238fec3e286c412f856be/35571582641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nuyew.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab2bc36390a75916fcd7d385c2560cd0/tusibedomujorur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/gufudepadomufijimiladu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/dilefozopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c516d4b490---98294440936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867d7f72b44---67335046239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/792a3e659f9ddd589e23fdbdf69d22bb/64235992009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ficsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q4bt55in9obg11p744t1bon2id/xajimepukuvavizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04npmssarnfvp4v0fdt4166p4g/5775078124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077257797fa6---feladupogagoson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/678f78d42e4a7cc8522585c16aa899fc/860027184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e36da2d93f0fc37e9f7eed99670cf515/10864017349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ce0c9fb76551815b43ddc69d278ff8b/votuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088f9fa59852---2694588353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=earthing+bed+sheet+ukPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ec80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC80 5216 bytes
SHA-256: 840c6900d48e9c6618fb209a843a292c5cb7f3d24db4c19b716e6260fdde7a84