Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d432132e6a60711a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.7 KB Created: 2021-08-28 02:09:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 9273f45cefe6bfaf1eb52cdcdbbd6780 SHA-1: 75b66cfb13731b1b4bc5b43af24aeb088563491e SHA-256: d432132e6a60711a22f87f9484bbf4c48bd1f5a7c39cbf58e98e76753384e899
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites or download further payloads. The file's structure and URL distribution suggest it functions as a link farm designed for phishing or distributing malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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 https://schilderlesvakantie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sanilasirajapo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://appletechsolutions.com/userfiles/file/wonim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fba2840c4a---65414779039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/nuguruvifozefonodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa59a7899d140ea38ff8fb548db1083d/73920095458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b99ae26241e---gijexovijazewonox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/282b72ff505e7813b386b1d7f611871e/11192500301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/133c96891676e639cac7247974bd0828/fojofolezunukakaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9q9dbsk7pccliqnfcsvthbl53f/fomalinera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d487d9bbeff---19271492880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimustelecoms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1064203253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc7e32a49a---82729687688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acdb9c6d5e---radujijitanelowiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70fc73090cc0e963e7c6e5e5f1b2b733/rawosaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c7f3cd331698420eb33d720beaa3914/topavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/zapurokuvapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b49e1f9cb8ae7cd4a4d1e2ffec81b911/xavoraperomipadesasatuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triple-a.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42441879133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbdfe02ac5---68226636294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ugn3elfkn0igtt99t768kveqt/nelipamekepow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aev9h8t7nq8cgp5fu3iqitcf92/25071262157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiichibus.vn/uploads/news_file/pijonibanipitokoruvuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f000c080e30---75682793672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=scope+of+business+ethics+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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c00b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC00B 15832 bytes
SHA-256: 7353fb5b44c33d661cadd1c64057e4daa9aafdf825b65bc4842d040c520e0a6a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e86b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE86B 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 9306748b841528166b725d7c81b638079c10374441733493871afe46d0c73f37
font_02_sfnt_off000100be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1