Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33044428f9f961d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-07-21 22:01:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 4d33b0d42d36d80911aa7ee859da9d4d SHA-1: 232e1b71d10c245cdbf2f48bbb0728989340cdd9 SHA-256: 33044428f9f961d0134b1fbb89084c26af3f1293574abf1ecd141cf8b0e4cc58
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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 http://cukierniabrzezinski.pl/www/artizam/fck/file/xoguziwike.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kh6qfm7k933f50mep2orc9qanc/pojemudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2c7fdf13a---19943310735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavillonwohlen.ch/userfiles/files/87202311881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb33941d65---25457675450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyreviveshop.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/86502940832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889e13ce84f---70908220936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/9259685032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a9ee5e548---xinufekakaguref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/remaziwulixerofatisokovut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://launensia.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zazevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab32cb0b085---foluzinas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsongpharm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26220812295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszrendeles.hu/files/files/putaboburol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f69c0ee17b---xogoteduberepeluvixenoxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/vijixawofuxesavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.ch/images/file/bitesarifexepemujosorova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a62b5dce6---kisifubobiroropelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00be69fbaacf20393a77e1fc67d0f27c/81033258516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsm.hk/images/uploadfiles/file/1997621137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87245bd20ef99189583ecccd78b88603/46701602247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4k0a9hrq9fko47ea33s578ol24/10923578157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+installed+apk+on+androidPDF 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_off0000f893.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF893 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000110aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110AA 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 2943c433bac1f34a701f6b0927faef7eda2e14da2ea26823bd407a11e3074e95
font_02_sfnt_off00012931.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12931 17472 bytes
SHA-256: 56f9da702581b54279478a9d07882905d59d299ba10b82ba1ab6e8c9d5393b27