Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d032bd4998a6ed7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 16:25:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5cee04bbcfc0b0f8ae60f9fcca39d53b SHA-1: 7e7cd299f52a22f56a92cce2c95c47b3f9c4faa2 SHA-256: d032bd4998a6ed7e83d7a1c6005810245b9d1913ff223fbdab6b62037c1fa83f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, including links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving redirection to malicious sites via the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+start+mac+in+recovery+mode PDF link annotation
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161456854b4e04---wosekexuralififuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hophungvietnam.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/nesoladapax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cancelaria.pl/galeria/file/499379177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thecountryclub32055.com/userimages/19903236445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niezapominajkowo.eu/userfiles/file/99865523686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserentkalkung.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pizoxexokanosoxenikupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sriagasthiyarastro.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/29810418983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bwawarszawa.pl/upload/file/nirosotesewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7sate.com/filespath/files/20210910171156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ylpcl.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16252892717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenbelt.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/lilafunulideg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140572e6d255---rikijogalev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodegaadrover.com/userfiles/imagenes/pevetobetovopemaxajimab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geodeslaboratori.eu/userfiles/files/8693550232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymexco.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84766974147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141d1ab01bde---gokajugovani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozanatalan.com/iboard/includes/userfiles/files/xumif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76987270346.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_off0000d613.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD613 17064 bytes
SHA-256: 24e0779223eb194bafbb990bcaf41a2e59d7c908c12ca8d74bc8d8941243a91a
font_01_sfnt_off0001016e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1016E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011985.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11985 10740 bytes
SHA-256: 9d6e130fc515935186f31083a58ca52d6318a2cc6366c145cb1425cdfe0276d6