Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7d32d29ac31b2e76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-22 15:33:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3221874d679a847eeb98815afa4c5880 SHA-1: 0635f4d47ecaab68c8b7b05e1df822329a0e6522 SHA-256: 7d32d29ac31b2e76eb9df7cbba3b99ca58a61b62b27c7ab5161e96969618fa11
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to external resources, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting other PDF files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the linked content suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161464f8599c00---pesova.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210901185347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioioto.store/upload/files/nekuzavulawanoxuzisiwuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/38295428464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7m-shop.com/userfiles/file/35434587146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/94378137621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pibar.tw/uploads/files/202109120751305023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/82255433836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136f14f16c46---bofowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/3956325545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosurfest.com/userfiles/files/44147138165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldendoodlesofthesierranevadas.com/userfiles/file/17826423704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinaltd.ru/images/file/63905411675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/90914408396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yauspeshen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48459845101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b1b6688645---82670441568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolinakrzeptowa.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vefufikomofijuseju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hepiran.com/cache/fck_files/file/30241462211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31e5ee3a20f9fd7ce8d326f32b6af8ca/nekefasovev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.arcnet.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10931988938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quick-thailand.com/images/uploads/file/jedoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/jisezaritivaxigerepadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3961d984e09b4ca95bf0f33d1088e929/mapejunelemafow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ark-mr.com/data/home/qxu2063190031/htdocs/uploadfile/files/55129743083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+hide+apps+on+android+10PDF 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_off0000dcb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCB7 10692 bytes
SHA-256: f29ca6d00e61dc88fd37602d8aba2823614b469e70135852f6a604ec942a08cb
font_01_sfnt_off0000f53e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF53E 17436 bytes
SHA-256: 70e1d5b74b055f2dcba368fb8e27d4a6108b1653316b8695f86a6f19934686c4
font_02_sfnt_off00012220.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12220 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1