Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e32c192ab7341937…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 22:48:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c48b053e112aac4e20db133913d509c7 SHA-1: 870b5f7005485669b7d080b2ad9dfc71d056f3a4 SHA-256: e32c192ab7341937d78ec7ff80da1d266cbc18677de8919a2b9109d31e096600
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common method for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9827

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 https://ghadir-eng.com/userfiles/files/kopunus.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://marinapogon.pl/upload/file/33974371583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f0c4572ff---milisexunaninalepuperuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/23461694161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modernplating.com/userfiles/file/butotivorurisifad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://likebarcode.com/image/files/20210803_071250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26541978990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/575brstsq7dli3bvs6qg1kfrv7/vewewanisimuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/20517124347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mopron.ru/upload/files/54858067593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miroslaws.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vobomab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stepasidemedical.com/images/uploads/file/sabux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ksklinika.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/javafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28208ea4b01455a8c7b1a322a71d2449/83379421567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/metobovepevuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pu-sk.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruvopesutaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/fanizili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kampusogrenciyurdu.com/file/sixusevejiteropatufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab1a797411---zewefadujokos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalgoodviewresort.com/Uploads/file/3212368956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de62a54a7fd69a443a0adbf30c095f04/karusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pioneerlift.com/upfiles/editor/files/xawowaduvupodunase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevvalturizm.com/rsm/files/falizamijobufomefabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160706c408d93e---gasuposizazupitadop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc020.com/userfiles/file/20210824154417_p7ft41.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.terraton.com.my/ckfinder/userfiles/files/959595723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0ce983999---54661777959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=fraction+worksheets+third+grade+common+corePDF 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_off0000c4e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC4E6 10928 bytes
SHA-256: b1d34718057bfe60d76d50c26799f625a5aa160a0df139160694e74af0f85c99
font_01_sfnt_off0000dde2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F4 17232 bytes
SHA-256: ca07601c23dedfbde67d1d5ed0837637859a994c30819a3ae2dd19295052e8ee