Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e32f8cefad360906…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 00:35:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 19ade3daba1987b16beca27edf605b42 SHA-1: a985462bad235923b9accbcb3e171acd2eea1f70 SHA-256: e32f8cefad360906f93923aebcd6dea929b07f89655e384dea4183c93d95b4ab
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9910

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 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+rear+guard+poem+analysis PDF link annotation
    • http://hydrem.ru/images/file/99250003577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0pkvn2m94uomvjr89f14pkid56/vigelavejukemuposuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8o6fds13t0pmin8095i6ku5h83/rumaxetowegote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gtu2hr17r3bdlkmacm9g1gfqfi/liwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a29228741---65839309207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a072d203f36---jolusesalejumefegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b11fad62b80---vigini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/27840896446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pwr-tech.ru/userfiles/file/zigoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bartuceviri.com/userfiles/file/sepuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/93812274677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db8df70c93e---fotozep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imad0c0.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36868356593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ratvt800c8lpd4hl624itektki/zewovixedufetogijemilude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a95f4a0b8---doziliwumewodigulajoxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transsnabstroy.com/userfiles/file/56139146975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c58903e5c7c---poworaguvimijakupit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608891820f918---safafatunikojimawatobudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://strechybenesov.cz/content/48002204472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b829b139006---65143853723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnyras.lt/Files/file/gidasojirufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/werezigapafavos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off00011740.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11740 17200 bytes
SHA-256: 26e352ea021ab3c7ba7521f18c7a8c83b21f822df9dd9cad6d81040de4ed61c9
font_01_sfnt_off00014414.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14414 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 7547ffc5f32a0fa928b1ce9ca066e0dea4ca767f418f25d75b0df17af5d0211c
font_02_sfnt_off00015cee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15CEE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off000174ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x174FF 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd