Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32deba28a46de4b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 03:43:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: b3219e4084c8a4e40428fb74c6685807 SHA-1: 8b51b1d01f59ab663e366e58bcbc5cec67cc0834 SHA-256: 32deba28a46de4b295c5633007d8baec21283eeaa4fd76cc5b391ce83acd842a
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest it is designed to exploit vulnerabilities or lead users to malicious sites, potentially via embedded JavaScript.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7666

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 http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b86c7bb29---vefugazawulemawomejelexo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://noxsun.com/jingkelun/userfiles/files/20210623205245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aba0e118fab2396dbbfed5d0295f5e27/16853628677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.ee/media/contents/file/49755370328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kraftyz.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mazigojugibugofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa68d4fb36---wajumizozipateguzes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/95279339507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160923f6bebdd3---laxuzarunomexogixul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transpack-krumbach.de/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/46002822122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e17eb7d78a---pakuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spy-military-labs.com/userfiles/file/kifobosoboneje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uniontend.com/userfiles/files/nigifefalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liddellgaryfamily.com/clients/863293/File/fujidowezaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc8581d978---97360601906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6co6li97dfcf9i7emosgm3ve8o/81696298895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/31923347743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xmst.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/90235169651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b8ee4e66ea---1389017755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s211kgnksho0fveb4pqt0e1d6d/namivitulilod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/jekukexodawerine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2op3pqojuhectqttnqkclitrut/53090964925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=best+dance+songs+everPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f66b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF66B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1