Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c32176c12cdb9e3c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-09-27 05:58:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 8983720aba49ef07f2050e23d55f6e1e SHA-1: a8b7e69718dd6ee05dffaa484f8aaa1160002e16 SHA-256: c32176c12cdb9e3c7ee6f5529813925da4d273cc16c141505cb1130e8e7818df
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links, many pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a QR code lure heuristic further supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://ceylanotel.com/firma/files/pikejefurexasifiwijobifot.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hzxf.com/images/upload/File/kizofawerogesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cte44cjrtgupt4d3ovk06qsiu3/8847030287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-kurska.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/narudenuruxofawavini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/jupenoxisagutaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://membermimpi.com/contents/files/sixeguduwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lg-palette.com/upload/files/47438921637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27179355d2f2ef825c7a1593de535c87/52238126896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f89f47fc81fb24ef9e5fcf1059256119/27576399473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.com/uploads/images/files/62429765426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalnetworks.de/www.galabau-poscher.de/main/preview/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jesilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etadelloro.it/images/file/93096839743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razredna-nastava.net/files/mizepoxedeneti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://razaviota.ir/basefile/razaviotair/files/fatinejeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liepasmuiza.lv/userfiles/library/kaxevoxobosedepelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guerrazzi.info/userfiles/files/ledenivovidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b51e45d173ffbe4abf4b5857ffb20000/notidefusamejulokopur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wlpp.net/images/blog/file/mimeridefub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marlin-aquarium.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dubifememobozivexesetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lentes123.com/aym_image/files/2984349438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonindex.nl/images/uploads/1572199198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/puluzop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomlight.pl/_bloom/file/32398431142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nstyapi.com/resimler/files/54883729879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ee8b637c5---64832237746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--interpeas-r6a.es/upload/files/rijisuwuvezagireni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=qr+code+mobile+phonePDF 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_off0000b67a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB67A 18860 bytes
SHA-256: 5b0d84ddd5d6733237aec24f80cf74e5882aa2e732901244bf5973577b61c238
font_01_sfnt_off0000e66c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE66C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE83 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 295b3d313eeedde570d01d7fd9292899820b0fb4967acf5b3495f1c2de723454