Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 732bcca375352485…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-08-25 16:15:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3780ea6a43c61c3bdd5e31b31d986587 SHA-1: ac6fbd7b4ac6f68039a43092072b67f6b886951d SHA-256: 732bcca3753524856d25b3ed764d1e902e80828012c44f24a40619a811920064
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains malformed streams and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, likely leveraging embedded JavaScript for exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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 https://www.ezhealthcheck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/os75pblf9jcrbacl2tobnm7tur/35391286746.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://couvreur-hautdoubs.fr/internet_new/images_et_fichiers//file/fidusiwemexuzupodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080549a2ab9b---69797839241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf8e5e07d6---45572822865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoanghaie.com/Images_upload/files/84712055952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d15297575f---41002404793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900d5e23a22---77299152901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0375f2312effd29510b4074b48eb444/tuwisijasevuturolaxuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svb-volleyball.de/userfiles/file/74286308273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawrenceyezersky.com/userfiles/file/7412646802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachhigh65.com/clients/879402/File/41632246569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53m21lrdvpgl2urstri59b2f4f/20550263240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725de0e62f9---tetawekimugolalisavit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f69c0ee17b---xogoteduberepeluvixenoxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/riruru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mt-creativestudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tetoxokedufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ystechpro.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/68361104783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607127f1968b2---82646016980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcrainhwy.com/uploads/files/gegegetaxatigon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpfulhunks.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c711553f23c---25265590979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8494a80f7d0adbf331f9fdda967af91/15579711128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1672f18651---kutomatina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/74274253772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=aashiqui+2+watch+online+free+with+english+subtitlesPDF 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_off0000d869.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD869 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f080.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF080 11188 bytes
SHA-256: b151fac4e9562fbba583299effaa88e8a66f2373a91e82e213060356cd25420c
font_02_sfnt_off00010a83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A83 17604 bytes
SHA-256: da04f37076ad000d06c105ad112b0ba18d8ddc394eac94f4bed150bc27e97682