Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc32f906d7192b76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-18 09:59:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 82a231ae224a8711db29d59616e28c88 SHA-1: 5a92fa8e060c7e0a06b91611a7a6f46b804acf67 SHA-256: fc32f906d7192b76aafbfa622c3f74ea82a940288631484a146e0cedfbe47af3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malware distribution or SEO spam.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19b1896265---41582222353.pdf
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed6fde47ec---21424809603.pdf
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c687dd73e23---falojavavedegugevu.pdf
    • http://bettynblue.com/upload/fck_img/20210520/file/tejunejixefowetemuzep.pdf
    • http://kbchina.de/upload/xafupugo.pdf
    • https://handinhand-daycare.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gipatuvesaximifog.pdf
    • http://kraski-chernila.ru/resources/file/33625003090.pdf
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-18/20210618215711109297.pdf
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a424a45b6c0---bodideraxadapivomude.pdf
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/121f46344cffb4f571d6dfefae81ce7d/15595122055.pdf
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f60a9898a1---78440660612.pdf
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dce169ad5d3ed7388e2da28767f6aea/jutekefamubu.pdf
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ip54bgt6l9dpvjs4qfl5mrs7o2/guvebilireto.pdf
    • https://triptoboloyfoundation.org/editorsfiles/files/vuruvofa.pdf
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff63024f0920fe8663d529e49cfb38e1/76364626419.pdf
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b74eb0506e024e6a73ddeefb71274980/63000388163.pdf
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/91499701444.pdf
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/61450703417.pdf
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607835a0a7f59---dibizakipux.pdf
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/40366965915.pdf
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2eivr5bahoq85vt0k52nq17vq1/61301617769.pdf
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/467add11dc5a83a7177f6d3fa2f63928/96758961238.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076dc8d1d69a---gifejunorebuxujo.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=adding+and+subtracting+metric+units+worksheets
    • 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_off0000f6a7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6A7 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010eb9.bin
eaaed6e2a7df0aba58175635ede83fe95351cad8046dcf632867063f48c70d59
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EB9 17268 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013bdd.bin
aa90ac878a3f7c8e4a5017a11acea635fc9de477e92abd67cf9ac9c445f115f7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BDD 11172 bytes