Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 033a9681b8921266…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-07 10:05:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 015c5b7d73ec5d8da09c64e68e62a0b0 SHA-1: 36738b5f1075d55062619a46e4c544aef1183de6 SHA-256: 033a9681b892126631db90668773fffff4d5eeda67620704293d829bf9f8940f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. An embedded JavaScript stream was also detected, suggesting potential for malicious code execution. The presence of a link farm on disposable or compromised hosting indicates an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination, likely a phishing or malware distribution site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://albino-pitti.com/pub_img/file/supowi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a7c5b0fc7a---sikiriboneposuzerilat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e5ef5d17e4a3288ffa3c23676fbf196/jogopuwutemenototiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5a8c1dee5cca81f4463e28f9d89d943/89968288020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e158990bfc08740240582bbc0e968ff9/xofevamatolatez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f7b2ecf9ff178c00580901335bf45c9/26088512178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071054b70d5a---48405881783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1ebfeef7234a801298ac12d66f80611/rexavewuzejugetefoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be5cdf7f843---68740612620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779e2a6deba---lovegumekijifuberifezedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esz.jp/img/editor/files/kanebujutufapotasom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintmaster.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuzumibudixes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelsi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89455451906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8e475a832862fc64b52db6c054fc582/gisefuwevosudav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yossy.biz/userfiles/file/145550388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16092b2b6213ef---53556240699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c2f196e6c1dd58dc3dbb24b586d0f8/86749250373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/89336283004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/89966633598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5954ae247956a9562aa88c26f6642ce/27635915730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608032b7d91a7---77281429858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f18ba22bfb---bizavonorajasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/80109331021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b54afa31f59---79634425408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meganimal.pt/site/upload/file/97472220532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=my+four+groovy+buttons+songPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e7f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7F4 16868 bytes
SHA-256: 198161f6710f5aeb0559659cfabdbcdcf2730181f91270226d92ef344243b60b
font_01_sfnt_off0001139f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1139F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012bb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BB6 10372 bytes
SHA-256: 292c426c9b89e5dadf5d6a367de2bd6d5b59128ffc056fb741812fa956b82131