Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a32b65fca7c516fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:11:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1fb15ddee9acbd2015bb86094dcc2e25 SHA-1: 6d55aad2be6cb6c0a5d8d4fe8a6ab4db97cbc3d2 SHA-256: a32b65fca7c516fa83cc76c4f9590d343283d60dd3278be2f0a26ca9f4e61d99
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a link farm on potentially compromised hosting further supports a malicious intent, likely to distribute malware or phish for credentials. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicates a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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 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://luminex.pl/upload/file/pofodosi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210809130704194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/jugud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1c044e643f---dosagoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e7994a544c---99010549959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099dba6eb48f---badube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webbuilders.com/files/file/72482137405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydangson.com/vietkiendo/upload/file/48974333821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://echipamente-scule.ro/userfiles/file/vuwisunumapifulirolevogov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mondoacquapiscine.com/userfiles/files/15380738624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce569805d69---87413934696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bc5098f40e---fefumexolos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712b3910601---50433712088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlapcongtykiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/92065047256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775eefe8f16---47099213415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gphs84.com/clients/866382/File/50986404519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzjkgm.com/d/files/wisarumanutaraxixopimuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dintek.eu/uploads/file/78025908895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopsuathientu.com/uploads/userfiles/file/75436998726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murphysbeads.com/clients/54316/File/63451553786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jk4md67qk9hjeoteeuug88b7ch/40670840127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/216agulstja14m0mi11qauj61n/nelaluweboroburekoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/zixugakaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catwalkdogcome.com/editor_upload_image/file/borupofimuxobaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=epistolario+foscolo+pdfPDF 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_off0001354f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1354F 22412 bytes
SHA-256: 5282ef3712a547f5e8c6a1cd9d2f2f367001e4a0f1167eed9c9fe1780d8b4ac7
font_01_sfnt_off00016e37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E37 10360 bytes
SHA-256: d920fd004917fc2dde242ebabf9b92dbcee5a2b213ef6a8a4bff6df1fd86b307
font_02_sfnt_off000185bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x185BF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1