Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 432f29831eab623e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-01 09:45:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4289796555df389b38f0148026837177 SHA-1: 1a503ddb017ac3ef997f6e4d50f3d8fe2663b2aa SHA-256: 432f29831eab623e71f281b7a68968b6ee30c1a2864dbd77a97b70bd33fd3d90
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, strongly suggests a phishing or credential harvesting campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://marblo.ph/app/webroot/img/files/walopupujoberime.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a535e4ae83760e1e0fa646166666f21e/44811330258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eschool365.in/js/admin/uploadfiles/file/wabaxubogaxanelukirip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzquansu.cn/d/files/damividataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/godaluzazogojevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fabaa1605278a1721e4d69a283d35866/xomuxuzuzaxufibukukab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioturina.com/userfiles/files/53135452607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjce1gt5mup4qhh9i8933at5j7/bizazugir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/dorokolabumezuzoliko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/5386862918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f929dcd0e6ae0aaf800352333d7bb6d6/27606024524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verduciautodemolizioni.it/userfiles/file/xeluvasumarub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientaytourist.com/uploads/files/96427613625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpc-serbia.org/js//files/nitevut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c540b0604e47375f51d7a96d48a9538d/radugavetuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://townofwinslowin.com/flash/townofwinslowin.com/file/milator.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d40ff3cc7b9---46762965793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p7hben0mi924lrqr68bejqj4kr/86297235280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramhuonghanoi.vn/upload/files/sozobatulixabarotid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608016c640b25---nodugedazadugapotepax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09343781d92b051813d71fb157825470/soripiwezumilira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/malavexemivevozupod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/zixoxibubikow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=cuanto+vale+el+baloto+2019PDF 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_off0000ee15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE15 18788 bytes
SHA-256: 9f265b0de506d34c341a2b80155d4798640965cbab032f891ee682da6e45f995
font_01_sfnt_off00011de2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DE2 10540 bytes
SHA-256: a420e9cf22110c1cebc58e1154065901d282739c77d629068fdd8addd95f5034
font_02_sfnt_off00013632.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13632 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1