Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d32a83c7929ec9b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-30 16:38:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 5a6a313a5b1f41af22288a20aa20c0f8 SHA-1: 0b0f6bbc0d3f1f9f4828217a0d82fad4dc6686f4 SHA-256: d32a83c7929ec9b6dec1694e1862996f74de21c7cf77d949b4f798ee43070332
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple URLs, including those hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable domains, indicates a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially lead users to phishing or malware download pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://vkp.ru/upload/global/file/lobixatugepijoxevejuse.pdf
    • http://4998horo.gmmwireless.com/contents/files/87978854078.pdf
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a68ec8db5b7e11cc9a7b1184430e032/88292016348.pdf
    • http://captaincook.hu/userfiles/file/14121224960.pdf
    • http://namhungholdings.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/74228791414.pdf
    • https://aynispirit.nl/userfiles/file/gavigarul.pdf
    • http://twilaw.com/files/files/66034538310.pdf
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8a1c169ec47c6c16f40bbbbafd69c5d/70590334585.pdf
    • http://www.mariabeckmann.com/fotos/uploads/files/81405756621.pdf
    • http://sweatrinserepeat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/revibafiwutafakolo.pdf
    • http://spokoino.ru/i/upload/files/nofuduberobigokupewo.pdf
    • http://togclick.com/media/userFckfiles/file/94200482854.pdf
    • http://myredm.ru/uploads/file/zaxoxagogagufowobenikef.pdf
    • https://khyatiinfotech.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30195086397.pdf
    • http://brenderup.ro/mm/file/gatelone.pdf
    • http://www.ambatownship.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18027175385.pdf
    • https://anna-bel.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/morawuvabefototuvebufati.pdf
    • http://sbnjl.com/userfiles/files/poxuwez.pdf
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614dc332e9967---daboduxolonulu.pdf
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28503737284.pdf
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuxurexozusobokivoxi.pdf
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130fe1657cc3---14681902906.pdf
    • http://gyarmatilovastorna.hu/userfiles/file/46111020559.pdf
    • http://saringkarnwood.com/UserFiles/file/90457113440.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=freezing+gif+funny
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000afdc.bin
d95d2898324ef54497b96d0714941d8424c4dae32015517b05b7ab07eef56bd2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFDC 10048 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c646.bin
67af91eab1a126de8592e11918432c828d4dd3e0071e749dbf9d005eef35ef12
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC646 16124 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef1c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF1C 16792 bytes