Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a32bf1a34bc9914…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 00:46:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: f9c757d396b30472293905954539d637 SHA-1: 747aef37c1103e5f86f5a332e4d13a6737314b51 SHA-256: 3a32bf1a34bc99141b1dabe15229740220d94c2ac4de6b75a1ea671628be155f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to host and distribute second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 http://chinahongji.com/d/files/nebipuzigubobulisa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c88810fda---13462505846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o1ljpm4ab6b8rc4qud3boi5pom/14131235821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d6e960f91---20435445543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n442oi8dtrqkn5nqtmgqpi828c/togiguleporab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/sazezezetijetavomevavilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbhsreunion.com/clients/21010/File/rubelekinenasogosazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4eb28ff43---11554117913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796f1dd3c89---65245991591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/puojt46dct7ukadge2agk7neuc/81091063134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/tulagumipimasigewimew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superplasticizer.cn/d/files/nowodolax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a897a218433---dufavageriwifixetukapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792aa8c4b49---82904632860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kardelendalgicpompa.com/uploadfiles/file/jopezotokom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digemnd.com/UserFiles/file/97988630207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/5891561163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/51195085760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b598113adfd3ae9b9c26c13cb003fca/kodafogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hocikto.info/userfiles/file/sanofizoxumaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/bizafol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813c3ccc7d1---gutebofamofusesanal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eec3528869---noboketigilevejara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ab74636bc520a7e403db2e1e430f897/38247098556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f6057a43c8---sepesegixilosik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveworldtogether.com/datas/files/85023679583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5gjkd9ia963067vl9opf4s636o/tuvijuperorekomikokopux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=easy+listening+music+from+the+70sPDF 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_off0000f0ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0EA 11152 bytes
SHA-256: 9c88068ce31cac3de4e1cd5433df65861e911234518cfa27427cfafef185c649
font_01_sfnt_off00010adb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ADB 16972 bytes
SHA-256: 5c56b0c766f9342baca812eba8016ae5dd5f887b0cf375d6341d2fbb720f54d6
font_02_sfnt_off00013728.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13728 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1