Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32f586cad2580bbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 10:24:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: f776fd75ed7f5d3708a5c2964f32376b SHA-1: ba21064bd2ac542c3791d651e5d2f2f86c4113d3 SHA-256: 32f586cad2580bbf1a43d3493253779da0a8bd16fae2f2e9226e3e8b00b43359
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware distribution lure. The document contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure of a link farm strongly suggest an attack pattern aimed at user deception.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dimensions+of+healthcare+management+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://barcelonasixtytwo.com/userfiles/file/76651408481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l673250ctqh4sqoqh02as5ocec/51229543470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7186c5266---69048930026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abfab78a8a9603b407a82cb6f6c0bc59/17160869669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa6e10cd5aeedf3488bf8c45152a4bd4/dotomuzasuzukoguzewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-5/file/83622931771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ml0bk8dhtcr34b4rr8itn990eo/loxobitivufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiencefertilization.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/tubonov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chung-pei.com/userfiles/file/lubikesepovasipizuxufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birsamundapark.in/userfiles/files/72808009708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a49591bd84b---29617262324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gpe-el.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14531627201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce5546308dd0e7f438e9e7ee7385f451/9962034672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4921ba5e3fd598e6fea9e1fc2f32d2ec/fixebubivisegewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/soxoduzagifobalesiravadom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126d40a7ef05---80799775094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ef4931816---38791337645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6c2b325aa---jobudozexomam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7318236aeec6ddf872030830936a8db6/lagerawades.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteservices.com/FCKeditor/userimages/file/97966805829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7fc3c28d6d---wipapokizaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5d57a69c6---sarorulawanolabexinuloxaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://summit-christian-academy.com/scauserfiles/files/87439061642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dc4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC4C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f463.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF463 11068 bytes
SHA-256: b955ca191cd603a51a6e591f157b02e3498e9c3e1a83fd10d502bd1bb839a4dc
font_02_sfnt_off00010dc1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DC1 16788 bytes
SHA-256: 7f15311326c772ed4561d90b63830e4a2950e60675b332626456ae70348fa235