Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c32f808c463e84f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:04:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 5498fe7deccdaa64ec0ee63773a9658b SHA-1: 002a3cfe276b5c1b4709b6fff5a46c024b7805a8 SHA-256: 8c32f808c463e84fdd7f1c7bc8388f4aa365b1253c8eefa9a068f46b0cf498e7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=free+multiplication+worksheets+for+fifth+grade PDF link annotation
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aot6dkt83js2shcj3lgeedin7q/91895616885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e2df09f33---95228992391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ol3h5utbooc3cfmj5su672n73o/26481244262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lungshingcentre.com/userfiles/68941848961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--interpeas-r6a.es/upload/files/44343619839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2dd5fcf7bc---biwamakot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costanzolegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rojemajufezazexanobefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/80311413190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hmgfinance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vigepejepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c18b1e097660e02751f13d689a07627/ruzedumamimetopuzemeponop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p70q0vp8qqunp513hnesogr5r1/taredimava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wokelofopejuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohappy.org/userData/board/file/xodatolutidusatoxobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discovercefalu.com/_data/images/file/desol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mjsolankifoundation.com/fck/imagesfile/lisosegefakelepitoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0644480c9bb23ec66989396d822cfffe/ximaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eitv5fjf9sn86v9oop2igc1n3m/ximesubijesomotiliruse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ydis.kr/userfiles/file/021647139689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cnc-ar.ro/files/file/82252707852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afcac7d591b---66782327058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpghollywood.com/userfiles/files/92051457248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helderlive.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6315906380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b9d18a9ef---32846242864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c51d09bf8f4---73154604310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikhmongol.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/libuzerudupolezagaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logistra.fr/ressource/site-image/files/musim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ec1cfc4ba39cc0e64cc633dbeaeefac/98556296272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f9a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A9 18100 bytes
SHA-256: 778c2051c724ae8239b12b80d1201a85ec30d59b5909f2cc00cdd3f6bc1dd575
font_01_sfnt_off0001287c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1287C 11324 bytes
SHA-256: 559895c8e71f66ee9b936849511f49da19ecf938e854320bf76b43a5621d961f
font_02_sfnt_off000142c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1