Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 532153ff1bf8c2f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.8 KB Created: 2021-07-23 15:17:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 3431d2bd9bb39aec277efe19af76bcbc SHA-1: effbd4136b6b708e5b47e1a5a2a985571e476c92 SHA-256: 532153ff1bf8c2f61d23beecea8d742e2b9d6b406b8211fe48b21bfb1259f7ca
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest the document's purpose is to lure users to external sites.

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 http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/805d99a6567e2bcb610dd1963a26d055/30137783432.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nzmbc1611.com/clients/e/e6/e6eb4f38db7021b04b945082fca6026d/File/tasidarusevuzedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/rokujanumib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081461e0d109---magejudozenubiferaregu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed3a8497f7---17779058162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beliangka.com/contents//files/lefisinunuvaxevinasite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southeastern61.com/clients/0/07/0748cf78e2268043913ae7c14e09e996/File/64644819942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxartparquet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b17d844ed45790657876365464c49ab/74109681947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/27781470727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1c36dd67f2---43239651082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leresto-niort.fr/images/userfiles/files/jikapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c02937dc8---xefafudulekemuxix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://path.mn/userfiles/files/rovasogutevof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5d131713d9---jemibilezitazem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/16313318833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyras-tourisme.com/ressource/site-image/files/1784847300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d570ce95542---saninowevusos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/16315090129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boyanbolyarski.com/userfiles/file/88679398724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607580c89e1ae---jekuzujuwaxanaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad9d6e85669---wafujisuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/154eq9q662fjjb4trmud7as6gp/70034125200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpbnatation.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/47937454862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa4lej54deev4emdv1sqd9cl52/6092489862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd019d2c2e---jexiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=number+writing+practice+sheets+for+preschoolersPDF 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_off00010167.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10167 17036 bytes
SHA-256: 906f64f21d968f75251d20a04b6f99c024082ae575b428a1d1d6c1a51cd815f0
font_01_sfnt_off00012df0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DF0 11228 bytes
SHA-256: 073a8de4a4990a7f53d6400f7fde434a3be2844f10b63dbcd8a2be88c002ac80
font_02_sfnt_off000147ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1