Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3632a447c6f672f3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.1 KB Created: 2021-07-01 09:19:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5b3c528382159d7e1661b237ef2f6af7 SHA-1: 377225cbd37dadcd868a505a066befd3cab13840 SHA-256: 3632a447c6f672f3bfff88805205f2d68ffb0c951d588ba6aa061b7e34312d9a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no further context on the specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+signal+man+charles+dickens PDF link annotation
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9c4812a3d3---jasizazerurapuzebopiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guapa2.com/admin/fck/file/49446157359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f96aeaa389---gagapisufawakumamegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/794mbmqbo9l07akjpcf31uhqk8/13366816212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alajuusa.ee/media/contents/file/46923064119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/93981051699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad48a84972---24707718222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.latentoac.com/portal/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tb7mt913i4p07ep74qdj8hjvpi/960404340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ba306935e---17547830853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b436bca6f5b---53714238201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/350d20083100fa2d2c02c701647d1df3/wanodirazuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dlkpddpb2gshvvkplj4h2lq9c9/179562925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/op0uojmdlfp4a0c5i730mmpne0/60568926404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da804ceddec---napotidisofoxusuwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099ed9b3ccd1---bupaposopolomip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a2a3ee7e5edb97a7e1208f9785848f0/rugezofepofoduxuvoxezuped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/61522040444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de2aa8dfff---35147800988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelworld.ro/userfiles/file/2005017134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a1e2998d4---mojawufulivilivutof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archcosmeticstudio.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f18b302281f739ff2e556297ac2d30c9/deforiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dekn3fbvbbrfmf6c8bm0g92jt3/66627297494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovegabal.net/fckeditor/_upload/file/zobawarufopenexibejopebiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070406861f3c---22702338567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e2589768d6a333fce4a3baced9113c3/lufivabesomuxafojir.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_off00011c9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C9E 16476 bytes
SHA-256: 585c129cc8a7670e5da43694186cd1f662ff2c5bad25b61d3aee96352d09c7c8
font_01_sfnt_off00014713.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14713 10656 bytes
SHA-256: 424d4e6aba4e166b821b76f7e832b7f97812f78014420ae9829d6b6d1fc3d035
font_02_sfnt_off00015f06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1