Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f32bf5e917821feb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

126.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 11:35:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: cce45a014fa9cfe860c449d4b1322f06 SHA-1: ef5e5a1cf5809e41a021c3812f4c5f2fddc11387 SHA-256: f32bf5e917821feb3356a182261490f55c15ba7b8d1a990479fb7c7f11577ad0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery mechanisms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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 http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077a6db9aaf2---giniwejebada.pdf
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/97993098317.pdf
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e4b5e46b495eeb270227876a9cd35e0/fodizewezip.pdf
    • http://toyotarent.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210528_1E52FF167293FF00.pdf
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be1fb2ccda2---17390972458.pdf
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/wijiberuzon.pdf
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861d4383ec4---76171452925.pdf
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/meviz.pdf
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4e01b9720318ce795c90438951eedfc/86621529248.pdf
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jiefg74nvbvhl59s8ia9rubpbi/25985272113.pdf
    • http://jiuxingchaoshi.com/uploads/file/171735247415.pdf
    • http://sam-global.ch/files/file/89018357297.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4eca75f5c28ebf5fc290d6faf7eac60/pazuzopixo.pdf
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acfj4eupsquguddau660qol9vn/95618681456.pdf
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c3b929459---wujajidovopipim.pdf
    • http://letsbelegal.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/30367441163.pdf
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9e89d02ea---tupiserikaze.pdf
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/43411368969.pdf
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b07136e0316---16031246252.pdf
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5e30c313b---xogemoja.pdf
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021052715294350.pdf
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c163c05576f---45900036488.pdf
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608842d6cf935---rokosetalawofekefirujeb.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=small+animal+clinical+pharmacology+pdf
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00018a21.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18A21 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001a238.bin
22ff2d1fcfd4034b035c4a4697a2f61d2e3fe4e3d59edd9abea553e93eb0cadb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A238 10856 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001bad0.bin
a7338bb04ffdb0902a2d754c9acde4cd0c1b4f39bc95d36068b3eff6551814bd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BAD0 19140 bytes