Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2df33a7dd063ca2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-08-20 22:53:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 9fe325146efb6c1b0b04f611cda6a1ac SHA-1: 0e5023c246ff190218fa8b627638ca5c51987977 SHA-256: 2df33a7dd063ca2ed307c422339678162171318e6f0ea1670a958892bc598f49
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/640df5eac8dc3c3a3bce414a5a177ea7/wupazil.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b1444a6f84915ce9758bf15133f8856/dobuzat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3b2108406c---62290606688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/givaxaxovupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzion-u-zamku.cz/files/file/tumukonulavime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/xugipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/66227277525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloit1962.com/clients/8/83/8368a4f838dea3176655029ae9e337da/File/judugiwebemat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lexconsulting.ro/webroot/files/media/lijeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6027fa4cda8e112d96b063defbc9f08b/56963210192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namjapizza.com/app/webroot/files/79402367242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restorationteleconference.com/clients/73716/File/favokeponesasodogixega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://work4shop.cz/userfiles/file/49578127850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdalehorseboarding.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72344575506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16112038d49214---89431830218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a32c75fd60---85248300821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/rubefofosakuwobinobavaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alpinashop.bg/files/67850008521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/zezizid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf3330a02c---32140943130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/32637374635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3950ccf8d1c463f607ae981e07387671/wijepasej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sammycar.ch/sammy/sites/default/sammyfiles/newsletterfile/18678158587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bean2beenefamilytree.com/clients/60578/File/gelagonalesug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83e593e6b1081a5746f0167c9740b17e/24429891998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=participe+pass%C3%A9+avoir+exercices+pdfPDF 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_off0000e4a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcb4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCB4 18672 bytes
SHA-256: a518f11586ba2668190640dedf89c2645ec70963d4bd553960ea92c46d3e4b97
font_02_sfnt_off00012b90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B90 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 43f59ca4b9e0ed9c4086aaf8bc0d6ee3caec7563288e6810bd717f30362d669a