Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 033d402182003e7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 18:24:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 45d9a7a14220c0ca3c9eb8f1d079c11c SHA-1: a18cac501bce36375b97ce7d585a0a0538537430 SHA-256: 033d402182003e7a733670ffdb8d891a631f9a825c19dcce061e5da134335aed
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. It also features numerous external links, many pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=riichi+mahjong+rules+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://plentis.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83563722376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tagemubexipojewubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43d3aed86990c2c1d8ad0b2e960407dd/19955687335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3507812ab9---gekurerodipogapaken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igescanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90708540082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/41238726258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e79eebec34---69195222387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5251bbbddad3cee86f7814221c731356/kafifetomeruxigokizag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8a7f496ba6---49320892550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161308210013b5---56702163066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bsgv9v6ujv6jqkqufqru5svovs/xijerifugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qjo71q1lch7fj5pa9cpal9e6g0/19822491295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f671038b325a9cebdc5f54b0f19e0ef6/67446435119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://o2opr.co/userfiles/files/ziwuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamkr.com/userData/board/file/maliruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igruppe.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wekew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/tazat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xitanebumamepopodugafagix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075bc92d8515---7802811785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ecbf8360d---42361587835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/64891708478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160daa63670171---53311092642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/boguzedapunareniwopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de6b1262e51---lopitaxesutovanatenub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----otbb6ahq3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jeponuwagawaruwusawed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c90d807c76---nofofoxipinopewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000deed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEED 11244 bytes
SHA-256: 1aa4cbd4d41417c23a93212c643f20ef5de413275c514887a3e6a0ce54d0dd37
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8D3 17124 bytes
SHA-256: 75a59eb7427bf97540a2657abbf401659b2152a601ce124852d1c240a975517c
font_02_sfnt_off00012464.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12464 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1