Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32ea17f03d0a4a21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 18:48:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0856f21d4e59c9ed82fe7560a724e610 SHA-1: 1fcfd315454576cca100ffed6f673c191d10d992 SHA-256: 32ea17f03d0a4a214a8a1cb02329a1157bf799e06b2486144e936761973e3e61
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final malicious destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://www.idd.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82987981382.pdf
    • http://goodmax.ru/i/files/79265381525.pdf
    • http://vxclouds.com/userfiles/file/depewidariwatij.pdf
    • http://www.tractortools.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maganikip.pdf
    • https://mr-alian.com/upload/ckfinder/files/padixakigojajuxip.pdf
    • http://apvn.info/userfiles/file/nudepipoliwaj.pdf
    • https://flims.atelierleuthold.ch/userfiles/files/gafezunikufiwajol.pdf
    • http://chemtron-vostok.ru/media/file/nuxogewavuge.pdf
    • http://nobody-films.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/96438676861.pdf
    • http://artkulinaria.pl/sites/default/files/file/selevawusosafiwiwurusopa.pdf
    • https://thietbixaydungcantho.com/canthomobile2/public/images/sanpham/files/33506302807.pdf
    • https://europartner2.pl/uploads/nipenitogibaziputajuveris.pdf
    • http://zezoalza.com/ckupload/files/85505886119.pdf
    • https://tonerihned.cz/userfiles/file/xirewalizaxokafikezefij.pdf
    • https://galedo.cz/www/data/cms_files/files/67132257458.pdf
    • http://jmvlpslimited.com/ci/userfiles/files/39010483244.pdf
    • https://santchavarabed.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21582481561.pdf
    • https://sarna-zapiekanki.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wajiterotomapesasubude.pdf
    • http://ykzn8.com/upfiles/editor/files/61379722036.pdf
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161313b7e78e84---84559122593.pdf
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d1dbd43d42---vamawugififati.pdf
    • https://bilegt.mn/userfiles/files/42897702994.pdf
    • http://orderbestwings.com/uploads/files/denumigoketesubixozu.pdf
    • https://hotararicedo.ro/files/files/46369441110.pdf
    • http://auksozvynas.lt/userfiles/file/tawetolirub.pdf
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86b43c806ce4af91aba25849a4053606/dowolixepelenikib.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=recyclerview+with+image+and+text+in+android+example
    • 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_off0000c8e6.bin
4d0678de4ac1da3fb4b9d3fd159741284ddbcc6890082829bfeee27deab43bf3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8E6 11204 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e2cb.bin
c08df7b9b1d984ba19f6b8b01b38fc69a06ef38469a30929d42e26cfc23af019
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2CB 17832 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001115a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1115A 16792 bytes