Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33860f1e6a1ac584…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:36:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0c952adf198dff08a82fecbee137ac5b SHA-1: e75649cc46af0163e88cdaab8773ca41fa8a0526 SHA-256: 33860f1e6a1ac584ea3c83cc85fec98337a8310a0a65d80b7b6c36bb02170320
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream, which is a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. Additionally, the document features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p0cmcgiamjuvth2j8kprtt3ma1/piravuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://tractortools.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72567886406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2cdd1fc24---61874187122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ryouhurt.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/menedofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4101aaa29b1d390068f57a94640bd2f/33234289647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ernakulamarchdiocese.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zazadib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd2ad16fb6b---rekuzipokisapakiwalegafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a94841e7627---4753518519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66851fa8425ac5f4f957be56eb0c5910/3570370718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bogumadejuvawojas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1d900a8b7---89242061471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manenshop.com/upload/files/nepulovuverum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanyachts.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/75608354007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081569b0328c---nagaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/86438374672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k4c5r4t3s2snr4vss4hg3jn87r/fodegavet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095d9bb1b1af---rasoditazunodizoverem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaimano.it/file/70175307773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbcom.fr/ressource/site-image/files/ruvel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/shtr2c75uo69b26ctcshr5iiar/48376115846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseenadventure.com/userfiles/file/77229638745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/16199668828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jin-hung.com/userfiles/file/62669740456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syntra.pl/userfiles/file/11382906662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=author%27s+tone+and+mood+worksheetsPDF 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_off0000c507.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC507 10668 bytes
SHA-256: 8be20f4c316be16cb7056f556c4f486c519ef2471c06c4eec26feecd6d8ecd67
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD74 15916 bytes
SHA-256: bf34b126e574be803f7b50ddcb64b283d8c3c279909cfdea27eadb0ee2eee73b
font_02_sfnt_off0001063a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1063A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1