Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f32ab0812a1b98ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-04 20:27:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: cc84f122c218dd4e1a0b0bfc3aa65fc2 SHA-1: bd77ff5325c68ee8489b7a0f7971acbd2ce22d60 SHA-256: f32ab0812a1b98ee4cbadacaa474ca355646eead15dfa06d4a7999abdc45faed
156 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 upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL analysis point to a common tactic of using compromised sites to host or link to further stages of an attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087540d253d3---vijiwomixalidepakazepuz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/pabixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5dd5d9af00---25861029988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-16/20210616030913144997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agiteam.org/clients/b/b0/b0c4817036ef1cb73596cc935f3fa86d/File/jokamuzabigidatawexofare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphasigmaoverseas.com/userfiles/file/3470691704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ae580b7569560a170427096fa070d13/49054507718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b744370f11---86526944791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f923f6f06a---31133773505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729cba8c503---paretutetomonosez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39b4f1e748cb3d5271639ba70cf7dda8/mepanasulisegulupog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elminhaj.org/userfiles/file/90795886010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transbur.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74352065102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aggengr.com/uploads/CMS/file/63002373242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d3c60d824---forefuxatibiwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f1d1a3e5f---gawukanirazamaloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abaaded88b1---75983333542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4f2ba5aeb9893fdbe1bf46f1554432f/zinogepipaxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///nuwulot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a60475b369c455be45ab061ab56a96a2/daduxuvuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stardentalcare.org/userfiles/file/xijitoged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d175d7b6c7---wakazowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/625b40c26ad8a3e26891aee4870dd248/98710709912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc9fa58c716---49147841429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=death+note+l+deadPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f823.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF823 1820 bytes
SHA-256: 413737bfcb46181125cc213d064bc777b526be1c74df10dcdc6d08775b1ae09e
font_01_sfnt_off000100b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B4 9984 bytes
SHA-256: 29093c312142e4c3b98dbe88b269e6b0c05361513967be2ed7617888228ddb2e
font_02_sfnt_off000116be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00012ed0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ED0 16600 bytes
SHA-256: 580d6f69c3eed726e9c1a57820d6a07bfe86c3987efd6ed675fce4aaf1213d94