Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a32bf82232174324…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:22:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: ece8b788efee4e4c90df8512d67a33b0 SHA-1: 05ebde674169918c31e616af87c7bb1dcb1e70e5 SHA-256: a32bf82232174324441646d1877886a1345f56bcda9860621213456e9873f7e4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://dnepropress.net/files/file/368767492.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://christmaslandint.com/userfiles/wexut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingtesttips.ie/fckeditor/userfiles/file/rovelirulet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://needletherapy.eu/upload/file/rizimefuwafefav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eb7cdfe57af92703db8e0a021ad5eb3/17086712294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/mezuwofelupapotuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emeraldcovepartners.com/_data/images/file/60093452639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/wofafisalop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.org/php/uploads/file/93546698434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2j7nu0h0cptutcr211qbrisg26/pazavozubizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092240324ca4---matuwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e61d3b8aba---14235823473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nassagroup.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85071969191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b318a3cb2409b53ce3c3a0f6f1ed979/43888687908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marjoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/22348561792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3b39666f1c---metevukejozefodukusumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bassbasement.org/userfiles/file/45735332788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5nl6blcb3dgke4rgl96v1hb9od/1127242817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://malopolskiszlakwinny.pl/upload/File/40306085831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kursverwaltung.fit-n-essen.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fajumusirinemamawore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.verneteco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21185119297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f74eb50ea72---34682713245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b34c6495b9---44367773746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607594cd5a708---36948993052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montoaneli.com/ckfinder/files/wazexad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=ready+for+cae+teacher%27s+book+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_off0000dd98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD98 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 769d063e0446005b27ccd5fa192f922beea4913417541066eb0ed09d0bdce026
font_01_sfnt_off00010a0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A0A 10900 bytes
SHA-256: a0c7c2957e2b32729c1631e851b981ac23c32e362765069725929197f4f111ee
font_02_sfnt_off0001234b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1234B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1