Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33299fd38b86fd59…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-08-19 06:59:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3bc0bd0d2f2afd910944c37cd3f3ed9e SHA-1: 46ee0bdcd17a799a122732bc2a32a9e276438d55 SHA-256: 33299fd38b86fd59748397206e7ec4d7b12fb975a5aa324fab8d126dc9e7cc12
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and other disposable hosting sites. These links likely serve as a distribution point for further malicious content or phishing attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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 http://hoondb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c07735eeaf---7526063024.pdf
    • http://gitimohammadilakhimpur.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pusalulefetibo.pdf
    • http://plnjl.com/userfiles/files/sovoxakagodut.pdf
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1634a00f30661e08f884e22d0bee64f3/puvedulidanujazipiza.pdf
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfd0c0a54a878f7ae67d5f5a6a2ac2bc/12277528251.pdf
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607070a23ec0c---gasomarilofisekusiva.pdf
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/fujowoxojiwifokawexomi.pdf
    • http://sloplast.com/userfiles/files/satowevasawajowetubapipa.pdf
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13872be843---92272400492.pdf
    • https://champion-osk.pl/userfiles/file/luxilifezi.pdf
    • http://0-50.ru/userfiles/file/80248122049.pdf
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b790720b8630c5d0aad9e47f73264f5f/kuzuvimikokolojiz.pdf
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/31998798905.pdf
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111f67179d16---fazefokojutavisevur.pdf
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0164cb44b6205b0a77fce0ddfbfee080/35868443530.pdf
    • http://studiocinti.eu/userfiles/files/54175737738.pdf
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/femevubimikuje.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1c117d4a37---talanavodaves.pdf
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e40675b386---58164601008.pdf
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d422a35df7---90061874602.pdf
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806ea718c5b---64088563780.pdf
    • http://phutungtdc.com/upload/files/xuxizorudaliwipu.pdf
    • http://donghocitizenchinhhang.com/uploads/userfiles/file/59411104069.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=school+management+notes+pdf+in+hindi
    • 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_off0000d61c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD61C 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee33.bin
1a6fb1d6f1918a0b7c0ba0bab3caf2e9e8b4ce1eb47acb010328627c8f2d81d6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE33 11044 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001077e.bin
953e689cdabf79387852029fb4c13cfd22cb3c0779bc4c57d47a617dc8124411
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1077E 15800 bytes