Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1333416baf3a3b10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 21:16:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 08ae6ac32bdac8b79a7544f5183cf194 SHA-1: f773a2694998c994f6922b754f401bf2e63fb34e SHA-256: 1333416baf3a3b10f26c9cfdea4af8cd9b8401e509e95e6f7d5f011e133e1ad5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to various compromised WordPress sites, likely intended to trick users into downloading malicious files disguised as converters. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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=pdf+to+docx+converter+mac PDF link annotation
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d71c83b900---gokapusuwenafixexuxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fk09baqn6h0oksncpogruip8c3/17744121128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.com/upload/file/49999804128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ovalpolycoats.com/media/kagireruxuzewemaxubuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5fb74fe06---9551690581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de570f29ce---livaxegewerokejonorij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ohbfn04tt52ii1k8t2qf3ros0/77921887004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ee95cc1c21---98348111473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smsalumni1971.com/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/31636824989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bimbrlata.cz/UserFiles/File/91293864392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--nmqu14inmf.com/upload/files/banama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southernlightingsource.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b07fadd53f82f6dd6baa8c184cdac7f6/17411812939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datavincity.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/vedezovedakenipedomudoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161334efe96280---larexilikirovisis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/dukasorojenexuximatev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5281ce1edf6c371ef34bbb265f036bd/segemenowuvebaresa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debschoen.com/userfiles/file/82247361049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070beca07a2d---duwezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adoz.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/reniwuxiseximajirurusemuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089be36dd1d0---24389373683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecilingirler.com/resimler/files/kufekasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/036c57f1f8228d8b21c8434943f94386/91302802499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecotranslation.ca/upload/editor/file/binem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/lukapuwugomepifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cea9f91e74---sinilizof.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_off0000d657.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD657 10500 bytes
SHA-256: b044b40830dd0ce6e2f8ec835c463ef92d8a5a8204a1bfe0de03fbac70250932
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE3F 16368 bytes
SHA-256: 992b4d3cc948332c31133463b83e808b9e973b5fb5045da30bb850269bb10dca
font_02_sfnt_off000118ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1