Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 432cca197508eb36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.1 KB Created: 2021-07-21 15:14:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 8e1bacd029c360918f51dc61cec2bc33 SHA-1: 992f4775ecf94a95fb30b814b65955dd115e270b SHA-256: 432cca197508eb36ee9c722770698e7b64b7f06add5bea2cb0332e0a4169b09c
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is a PDF that contains multiple links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is designed to host and distribute malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_SECURITY_BYPASS' indicates the document may instruct the user to disable security software, a common tactic in phishing and malware delivery. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads, indicates a likely attempt to lure the user into downloading a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

Heuristics 9

  • 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 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.
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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 http://winso.tw/userfiles/file/vajigamuzirisuxamakife.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/955097b49b82a2e9bd5fad94f7a8a230/foletererilonuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609423f8ea993---78334213965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/990fd5340f20cd5aebe86c3c90fb2f8a/41472727001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atpl.aero/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bapafejolawukazezutabibod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38818078976755229ba7585205ff5c56/71524701018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ifbb1h2899pmk3nf68enk422l4/6521780870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tscyw.net/userfiles/file/20210616025201_p2g1jv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0b8cebb5b---kadazuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a50e1d6c246---zoselukasesebagol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9059c5e06a---litonek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9516b1f10d6fd5f1caff8881f1685d4/rotejigufatirexuxilebafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noventa.cz/media/files/file/sepekidoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080212adba4e---94457727559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gitimohammadilakhimpur.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lekunetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagronomoserragiotto.eu/userfiles/files/tinaratew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lsv-wittlage.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noveninesep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eminesenlikoglu.org/resimler/files/jopanetudoleporadis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/71448090637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1gqnh11059squtk5rs5mq7rp6/67796141415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=sims+4+expansion+pack+torrentPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011cb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CB6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000134cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134CD 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 451e2439688393b3dd236fc1832f62211b3fe8b816a88b787e8f9dbf0dc29879
font_02_sfnt_off00014dd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DD5 18032 bytes
SHA-256: d8b318417aef83a7ef667cc17bec2952ac6a676ece9247520305af9b601ea81b
font_03_sfnt_off00017d70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17D70 2256 bytes
SHA-256: c6c6a0c02a7caebc0e3ff449f143a463bbdbfe711a2ded608042ad8acb3ec54e