Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2233c34df65bbe14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-07-01 09:24:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: afab153cea52d4d5dab9e58f93661f53 SHA-1: a855bdcd526f74e12e5a5431de3ab20595b91842 SHA-256: 2233c34df65bbe14afbd03df7d431f86ec0724521a5800f75cbf68bfe278e5b6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' further supports this, indicating the document is designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=app+store+recent+purchases
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ogmbj5icdn7m1nsh5g57vhaue2/66874558528.pdf
    • http://coss-wynn-reunion.com/clients/d/db/dbe3622004495b304d8703879a486b7d/File/46983119200.pdf
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a62d7013cf476cb7c845cc0a9db2794d/67331350002.pdf
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/files/62895696952.pdf
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/tegitekuvetanepomeligazez.pdf
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c79961615b54c6f05e34c844416046e/85230771976.pdf
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2dde5a1b5---botarokoro.pdf
    • http://skiflogistics.ru/userfiles/file/49019358286.pdf
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gjpfr6ruhaus9thj01b4hilnco/94468260911.pdf
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec2d61e3b91fbd8c0e7052d44c944ed9/xusotawidanelogikot.pdf
    • http://appletechsolutions.com/userfiles/file/25421715580.pdf
    • https://fotojursa.cz/userfiles/file/56134294767.pdf
    • https://codecs.ro/images/file/36367265193.pdf
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tg25bsflvo78m8c0k94hrplj84/wirikemiz.pdf
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982ba142a7d---biviraxifomeni.pdf
    • http://caudafotografia.com/userfiles/files/50659387103.pdf
    • https://debcopharma.com/userfiles/file/budupumulegotapako.pdf
    • http://kayamedbursa.com/userfiles/file/fivujo.pdf
    • http://oicenglish.com/imagexx/files/gebamegumutebugatujixo.pdf
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e606c0cd4e---59665950923.pdf
    • http://kistours.hu/userfiles/file/88913269853.pdf
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e633150550---durulijujujufononaganariz.pdf
    • http://djarkitek.com/temp/vinney/HTML/userfiles/file/78411000313.pdf
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f4b9bdc17fa596d71606a8a4d09decb/75786385848.pdf
    • 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_off0000e6ce.bin
e998087865e1aae78ecb7ef818f6f575bf7a91565832eae2d162c2c0852007c5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6CE 16680 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011230.bin
2d9fbc20f10358c2e532b5ef41188d422945bb45d075530ab014b872152baebc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11230 10416 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000129cf.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129CF 16792 bytes