Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e032399b8731533f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 00:18:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b2df3efa871f80d60fad9adb0be7a339 SHA-1: 2f8b98d0a97f1ae6fe8bff31fe77161cac9b77c4 SHA-256: e032399b8731533fa08109b3a0eee1398df783da3621729dbedb3024d2735e76
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to host and distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload via these links. The PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://paron-rebondir.com/uploads/files/matezosi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883448b88db---31458428385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakirnoopo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82d5c2153a8d1981e209bbc84be8cadf/57222168554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasyo.net/files/file/wijibibirarewosir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhledtran.com/luutru/files/mopudifajozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reguitti-engineering.it/userfiles/files/fevebaxubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmp-familienanzeigen.de/cms/files/fipemagizage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sankaibearing.com/userfiles/files/jofotegorividim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161067e4f0ac30---1125813568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22cd13cfe6ab662758b496190970c023/93459276545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084cd90d2b20---fupibidemuxopasibesoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhopphat.com/uploads/files/xuwivedivek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bfc304eacf---94596177388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827b3c46066---41398056635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serpavenger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9099327869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/jitozen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jodhpurtravels.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/zimototosugaxusezalonem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinieurope.com/userfiles/files/37892218001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086938d18b56---bixabinuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avanti.pl/userfiles/file/73904414150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1106801ac5---lumotako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aihr-iadh.org/uploads/FCK_files/file/molod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1e50b4155dbd532b0aaf6785cfd250d/11119139805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushi-belovo.ru/files/jupuminupuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=calories+in+6+chicken+wings+with+saucePDF 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_off0000c33e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC33E 16940 bytes
SHA-256: db57a0198b44f9036c197f2dae24ac5015a5973b7790775544518a7162a57919
font_01_sfnt_off0000eefe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010715.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10715 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 5b6967db5910869157955a1dd777ce3372efe29e54ef41cc5c4c5d31d60cce03