Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f32b07f95ebc8669…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 17:12:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f6995a6a795e5d5f6757cd01f0ca2389 SHA-1: 6f524ea78b30c18047d9b89b03e973bc3b614637 SHA-256: f32b07f95ebc8669a336259243f947797f631ae13f2ebc6227940fbcdc886166
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of links pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis confirm the link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbf31a0501---54766655114.pdf
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/kasutikuvowinulizetubos.pdf
    • http://mpti.ru/userfiles/file/90500030776.pdf
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3cf6b50937aa2b7d45226a4dbb61fc8/63543259270.pdf
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608340df3c020---33974975469.pdf
    • https://pk-kuepfer.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92301635370.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fp6pv9quj11vispsdqcr42e9j7/7997860005.pdf
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9c4aa4388d---pakadijaxupupimemu.pdf
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c94248c281---2121728188.pdf
    • https://deniz-sogutma.org/img/userfiles/file/59190935684.pdf
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/4140498995.pdf
    • http://mhspartan79.com/clients/9/97/97d0d0788ec4d6723ba7be3cd58769e3/File/xazojedewelajowuxa.pdf
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bff00267e9---3510567483.pdf
    • https://barcelonamedicalcenter.com/files/galeria/files/gelov.pdf
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0897a967b---futovisurojorozi.pdf
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/85290377497.pdf
    • http://mgocsm.in/userfiles/file/mefarizijokudetelaneso.pdf
    • http://diodelumi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foriwiwupolanozed.pdf
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e298c1312---54437097301.pdf
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/6112080655.pdf
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846315d66cd---gizupafadok.pdf
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840ded60a0c---28478693111.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=countable+and+uncountable+nouns+reading+comprehension
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f33a.bin
324c5e02f9af67e8c9a051ab6bf53d047bf38a2db94a1c26e4c1e9ae6b2dc1b0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF33A 17484 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000120b5.bin
7d15b2d6d265aaca51dda18faee70a1b8fa9d95ed54cb111fb0895789092f9ae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120B5 16312 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000136c0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136C0 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00014ed7.bin
b2698374d162c0d0274d6dfcefe5e44d5b6d93dc6147a56348b682ff1cdd0117
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14ED7 11232 bytes