Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e032c221e8f3cd81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:53:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: fa2afcde1f7822e8b716b4164f7a4da9 SHA-1: 634f4e71ddf1142768bdf0a1f68c05187e253c80 SHA-256: e032c221e8f3cd8153b9d258e7c169f93139182e7a6e05ec8f63cc426191c8a0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tgid5e30ttmtobn4nsjcuo6497/21220609006.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7218820b730026afc17bffd49bdba5c2/xegarurigunosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nf94aa4rait09rvu6er6enoorq/damobibikosolosararun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-castiglioni.com/userfiles/files/fipolufinezosibibuloxejid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/lenivaxubesug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/91206165870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aea56644ad4---14345531629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097ed148590f---92844243982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84bfeb2577c3f932b807bfdd8ff8a83b/xasoxajekunalegelezutad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niszczeniewaw.pl/userfiles/file/ditofanuwozivepuxakimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usefchina.com/uploadfile/file///2021082504082184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d35bd9c27---7186807455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anabakorea.jp/userfiles/file/83807971830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alburigiott.it/userfiles/files/4579268608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988697d5dbe---selunapudumudawoxabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/99054319514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021061712364633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.horisunmauritius.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10302345f3470baf76ec51fd4e03c9ff/40781164058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec47f5708ad5baf56ec9abe9b683126b/95569316125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ural-resyrs.ru/data/file/kuzuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stayatrosetta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uo4omg19lj2p5mfkguckkj4ega/revewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/998ca4b44453bc1912208f0f5d167fe1/12925972451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/duxojifinelumifaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://platypusspot.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59481075263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=weight+loss+diet+in+marathi+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_off0000c535.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC535 16764 bytes
SHA-256: 4510d34dd9da6e52fbaeed89ca654d139c77116efc02bec3eaa42afce542fc90
font_01_sfnt_off0000f08b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF08B 10940 bytes
SHA-256: a37146c9235536d9473b8b8741b10a13989994a349066240ccdab8f8b30fefb6
font_02_sfnt_off00010978.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10978 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1