Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d32e7c907e193a2a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:31:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: fae3edff93f3ed7e912a74a46148d7e9 SHA-1: a18b1e124f214e7e06037e9269b54cfa601de762 SHA-256: d32e7c907e193a2aca6b4eb736b08c07d0ea20c6aaa77956b21fd50aa2e9c724
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing to multiple websites, with several URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a94b3f70d310c02586267dcbc5030550/rigokebozisulujuxanelis.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb36c4fcc9---nulenomabalejises.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harasportcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17ncf6bc5sdnc6dghh0vfbsktf/93292959781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--e1aazeoc7d.xn--p1ai/images/shared/file/vepipegexajuvovuxaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210602155359_353378884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watdoenwevandaag.nl/upload/66671743249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdrum-music.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/30372875059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.info/files/files/dibezujor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95cdaa497c8a949b7dd69ebc4759cb10/17708674022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e9a58d1022---83912852212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607185a3e20f2---vimukasizowitipifepexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wksystems.net/HotelEstimator/userfiles/file/fodinemijodejogif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819bda91757---92258127396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raegcafe.com/uploads/files/nezoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biogenetixpharma.com/ci/userfiles/files/vesegeniwoxifuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibmaxi.ru/userfiles/file/malepafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ng-sons.com/userfiles/file/17698034570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/buteguximubokigewaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/jupezimufalerufamerokuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35fa6abb752851f7ac98e44e0feed07b/wigapikatelozuroduluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopol.it/userfiles/files/31646832698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=manual+qlab+4+espa%C3%B1ol+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d8e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8E5 20208 bytes
SHA-256: 54c9c361152b5f4f2326cbb952c2a50c1a99595feaba867d0041290cdaf1e57d
font_01_sfnt_off00010c05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C05 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012416.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12416 16132 bytes
SHA-256: 071bac7a3a90310621307d68123817e30fba7c89f9e5021c4391eb43bd8b9137
font_03_sfnt_off0001398e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1398E 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 2575acea4032eb8fe1e69b15a4b008ca31c7187118a691b695ec5ce0dae9f5bd