Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a33d3715cad1948…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 13:47:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 162852e18342aaf20a45adb8e756330f SHA-1: afce9c9fd320e1e38cb1f11612b677a7794fd5c6 SHA-256: 2a33d3715cad19489ea1cb9383b428f99ab58998741b951c7b391d3fc76e6414
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lure users to download further payloads or provide sensitive information. The file's structure as a link farm is a common tactic for distributing malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9765

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=claudine+longet+both+sides+now PDF link annotation
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9771ebaede225c611f2c7db0c1cc7500/22993527729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098938e236d1---26598745900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c242351313a---musedovaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/140f28cfa7bacc1ff3fbc851e76919bf/rejuburenadineximuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2em6g29h166mqffnld16dutr45/vikin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d632d0627f5---nizakarupomusedakuzafilav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/29820867223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/pijufefadevanasokanije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/505b21f9db68d12187e6b2021c30bb6e/pixenomeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/vozifatasun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796614128e2---rikutaxawotibabob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ccfcac5e9---depipobotufobufer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160875b83aaefd---vejeponawuvadova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/gadomorujetitawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/piguwiludaxemema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigband-ulm.de/userfiles/files/difarifaluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b169e6466b7---83901382568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/49235585086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tortsurprise.ru/upload/redactor/files/87391867776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607902f87d8d6---jiwexekulubusureta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3becqqvdffsg0k62p2474v4lu3/20064299993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b24e5c8335a---66015988933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/057b1e700e40e0381c7c11baffbbc8ad/risoxiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vivekanandbawwa.com/userfiles/file/94164203260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c306bd41c97---81345704563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4s9abqp28drcc1993nk9d0c0d1/magadugul.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f042.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF042 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010859.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10859 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 991457df4d1ecd9eb07ae65b7bdf8897cd174ff115579f8e952ebccb313d1a26
font_02_sfnt_off000120ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120ED 3580 bytes
SHA-256: ffb35f8515f5d8c512e42ce40b2bd681a619815398d3715aab1dcd4131780f62
font_03_sfnt_off00012ecf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ECF 19132 bytes
SHA-256: 4aee1f1b9375583d2cdc523d2f37f07398a91f6a1cb13e77b3d20ea6231a5e33