Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c32c08e05936838a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:54:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d05687eaab092fa68613795bf0f51f1f SHA-1: 00d76aa34c8772c7d717e44a1c29894e089cbba2 SHA-256: c32c08e05936838a8f5b55f7843a76a892e742035e8cc8490b91bd0db37933c5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or appear to be on compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary attack vector is likely spearphishing attachment, with the PDF itself serving as a lure to click on malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ontsgoi.shop/uploads/files/94084918366.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p5c7jh4in34ldib310dl97vat6/83851220367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcc10b79e7---xafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e850efeede26b7f0a38297437e0a938c/toxanesudexekizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071ae26124fc---bixodinakimaginidosirij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ucity68.com/clients/e/ea/ea220da86df44fb0ae3b7c8e8295ccc1/File/10312048592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodavico.eu/userfiles/files/gelofanikat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4urg5tdofjdqjki4cs6956ugn5/damimawisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indicaperu.com/userfiles/file/3613150221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612c41af58032---kuxovekevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.deuba.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6rj9g5gfej9cpsqju8e5qt7s7/gigafir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/81325507581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a761717761---22541589092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/xixenedegiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/rupeligupagebefowusolur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-newsletter.com/ckupload/files/ramotezimoveriroxuraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a1ffcf242---dajututizefotapiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87f6cb6e6fe4cf4eaf8c2eb9720e8b15/55372265421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9e46ddba1---jixivobiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/bujesuwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sona3elkhair.com/userfiles/file/10194024584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ios+browser+sex+gamesPDF 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_off0000bd72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD72 16284 bytes
SHA-256: a31557e0a63dbec08df2c5e01d0d1dfa70ed0df986412d87b7a11809fada4103
font_01_sfnt_off0000e713.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE713 10388 bytes
SHA-256: 74bdd5497a4afe2f4ea35d960021ac8e47a430689510791b3e24722b21a80ab4
font_02_sfnt_off0000feb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEB8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1