Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 32fb35f7a56eb51f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-13 23:24:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: fcdd1bf8c09e46ad1eb889f27ed65efb SHA-1: 8014a99909cb88ea8b5e50947acf82211e7744f8 SHA-256: 32fb35f7a56eb51fc54ccc38900e33ccc3394b7e158bf41eb1dcbbf16f045e8b
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and link farms points towards an effort to redirect users to malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=tired+kelly+price+mp3+download PDF link annotation
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/2909204193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmandarin.com/uploads/5326098719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/50156815861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auxerretv.com/content/public/file/44885433919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskyroyalshakespeareglobetheatrelondon.com/clientMedia/file/48173086284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zubrcup.by/files/files/22584258154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24768bcac6ffe953d37bb68f320c832e/tupal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8rohj0guru49c8tkvo59q71qs/ruxotekumileta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f077b1d70687eb8c804caf92c32e5dc/simirikisiribugubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sl-light.ru/design/img/upload/file/jalajiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/62915380579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/kuzakexuripugose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c8d62712f---17642666979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5oscb91rvvh5ke4gq5ufh9s623/gujajejavadevogozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607022b405b40---genutosimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/92310476832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olynskiconstruction.com/pics/file/47338487036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f60cd50195---jozirofobadibijut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kppzp.pl/userfiles/file/32724711362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084afb51c6ba---finevok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lj3gepum6oblrcs28anovbj9nb/mipinowikakuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmarys-perthamboy.com/upload/File/81574951077.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d0dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0DD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8EF 17360 bytes
SHA-256: 25ad1afde35a23da95b7fe4dc39a593ed7c4607486e07445ac217e101b0239b4
font_02_sfnt_off00011704.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11704 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 983f238287dcf933181bec37dd5de817a95970fc5570f9cdc206501d7e670f6a
font_03_sfnt_off00013005.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13005 16632 bytes
SHA-256: e896d0c9c6509c93731645541c0836c845742b74f7fde2e8ff5e94baacc6a6a0