Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 332e1ebf7aec9427…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-16 20:32:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4188c1d114c33f7f0b96f50a0d999215 SHA-1: f8c2b86422af656020eab72689b83b3b63a9171e SHA-256: 332e1ebf7aec942783af69679522f3932492f51c4ab05cc3b23c0672af5d2ada
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these linked resources. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic confirms the nature of the document as a link farm on potentially disposable hosting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4d22eb2cb0---50079182086.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608692e6b9454---jagatidetonefatezuxiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13ed1b9d1a6eec60e9016f652fd111e5/68695303212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/joganeretazomadawofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d87a919290---81798068004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vongtaytramhuong.vn/upload/files/86401598069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/rosotab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c2d75543e---rukalujigoxawixexufakewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ac88baf3a---badun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astefin.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tunikatuzakoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8dd4a3a33364ef16d7b99a97c9a03bc/34327637954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/8124748335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b89f6ee4a1d---mimutamutawavopedevulosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/wenuwemiramufojuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abe44cd1f15---25895749257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l644ar4mjc1do2qut7hpchjtc2/jubada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpcl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ledafimoxetunemewazunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l93pv93ve082eoe0p4r6mtsk00/nuloniruratatijizoliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e081235a23260f8e4683918389519fe/jobimokawafekukakig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb6dcdcca9b75aee597544b2292ba47f/mafunepib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dogable.de/userfiles/file/zogiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=convulsive+seizures+meaningPDF 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_off0000e96c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE96C 16424 bytes
SHA-256: c3fe5c7d06cb29ad79d438942c8819f15809d64a63c2adf6d1630e4180410dbb
font_01_sfnt_off000113ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012c16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C16 10612 bytes
SHA-256: 65a99b946f11075fae3ecb4cd8589d809b28095b2a05f873f9aa94110110706d