Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32f9afa0e43fc347…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:59:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b0c4ab30db39c740ea325ec72ef43b90 SHA-1: 505a1e2a545074b33b86658026bad538324979d1 SHA-256: 32f9afa0e43fc347997e210553dab0553058fc0d996b5fb6c1a9f4f0dc889949
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.mppoa.cloudlinesystems.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71791979234.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ncdesign.it/userfiles/files/14048983500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/xuwudifejasoduzobosev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinireedcorp.com/userfiles/files/77860596309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamlineparkplaza.com/assets/amund/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84136919674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifeline-sports.com/files/file/bexipeduvalesidawusux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://springkasteelhuren.be/userfiles/file/35790799792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galaxytraining.examinationonline.com/files/19910131401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wowbond.com/upload/Fckeditor/file/80592252113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://33mobility.net/uploads/files/72539416402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161394bcaa932e---64851895544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://museuminiaturesbesalu.com/files/17174536481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://internet-trade.eu/UserFiles/file/33096906857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsaltsj.com/uploads/files/sekepapibazomotemijijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harekatmemuru.com/images/Media/files/zapepagababemofilum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mentaplywood.com/images_upload/files/29034283819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-soft.ru/site/htmlimages/file/60730593409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meijialx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17131947573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--franzsischebulldoggen-lec.eu/userfiles/file/48601718075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc3c0d2d7b---wefanopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kelvista.lt/images/files/88175303828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sobinco.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65196429364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinecommerce.bg/uploads/pages/files/30569943378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161460cb8544ea---kaxelemawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vwtint.com/userData/board/file/gikalid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+check+android+displayPDF 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_off0000d1d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1D3 17436 bytes
SHA-256: 38893a99cc46f29c25bf2ad06f01e50380168de389e8fb90633f50bd3f9c7207
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE73 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 619a978662cdd7ce9cd767f4666838a297c6605131afdc96895f2212753c1627
font_02_sfnt_off0001179f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1179F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1