Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 632de2b191f2f3c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-06-13 07:12:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: cd4be2cbb2be668414e0e581933fc5bc SHA-1: 33bee22baa66d120babdd8f2075aa34845975cdf SHA-256: 632de2b191f2f3c4a281714e8279cc0c127751db167535540b5a311971aad1bb
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or downloads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URLs are indicative of a common phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8485

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=doom+2+no+rest+for+the+living+wad+download PDF link annotation
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/25493172833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/58308362656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5aa675035b68e856fc3edc21e31bf350/waruxixigiligabozoteve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4gp13dol38tibrj5fvqs1kpnm5/kuzobuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iovgrqqh9vkj4p0lbied6g2dhj/kifapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdc1f80b491---nedupelajunigakuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cngaeq4gtd9ctr9jl210pvprq/69931154199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b5b8a57ca52d157a36be43c6f7d4933/kasiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/juwawomubusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caythuocdangian.net/images/files/33659138889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3fab0653cf077872714487e51dd3c884/revasigupujinamenawixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa0f6584e6b914c3f9f3bcd6a6e8b264/56731920482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983e2da47d2---zaperexonokepefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0lccnscnq89ssiim98h0hneuec/femenoraluwame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9abaf0525---zakudepujap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1e9e0f636---98805423746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f70d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF70D 5392 bytes
SHA-256: 50016108db7616f50da0fcb8d3094b48625319270ccacd70e9fe3fd7907a859c
font_01_sfnt_off0001093a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1093A 1796 bytes
SHA-256: c9c850e9c351ce199d5e9d1c42a783cd39d33267a74ccb43d8a2fed304f07254
font_02_sfnt_off000111c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111C5 10916 bytes
SHA-256: 650574f65c10db524a5e29a01374dec1dab4576593cde33ad2713b20d9bbc404