Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b33bcae7417701d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 22:44:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: af9efc8a1881621349f7abc6e587cd11 SHA-1: 73f131ac7679412f009f48e7ba1a6497dca2c915 SHA-256: 1b33bcae7417701d788aa0af650ca4327afb2e1a386a81581cc7f84e520cd8ba
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple disposable hosting sites, likely to download further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure reinforces the phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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.
  • 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 http://kossuthdigisuli.hu/userfiles/file/xipadelakuxezaxujogofata.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arbormaster.net/uploads/files/gesetemag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kenzoum.org/home/integrity/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuvekajesumud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julianowka.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63304540300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a3a9111adb---vurolesuzojinel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ain.proximeo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68820404465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aksusu.com/upload/files/30468471795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fe2c6b446c82db36d004c774062142f/93985613753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntc-container.com/upload/files/jokekovebenogumomofup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161363361b3fba---26545022387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://raselapp.com/userfiles/file/sajukava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfhotel.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29482885181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161365748ac9a5---72278508056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasadtemizlik.com/upload/file/6259878464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.masozilina.sk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zasokeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindendirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nojipuriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/muradizotetarar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161372b4807c77---sesizavesibomizavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protum.se/file/fagubefetifolofazotovigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/file/17173744862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://draftingfloorplan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21544536644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedelsur.com/contenido/files/dagapejenum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161348f3e14ba3---buzeduzovogadipuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161391c8a015de---waxututu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=ppsspp+games+god+handPDF 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_off0000d553.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD553 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED6A 10504 bytes
SHA-256: 8ef81d717a64b1ede52f2d5f7ff33c4aa104f7dbe29d9125a9e9c8fc4b845515
font_02_sfnt_off000104e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104E1 17732 bytes
SHA-256: 04ecb4163a25b956cad9b738b1764ec1e3ec9b66d7fd353e1fc4615e5be0f1c1