Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33927692db27a173…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-10 01:06:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 25c32bc3b150013c28b51802f225f581 SHA-1: 694d62318d3cda9f87f78ef4719eb4fd2b3dfd13 SHA-256: 33927692db27a173ca5698f0c55a2d376c5d2390b6f55c6cfa7c0605d4223243
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=4+letter+word+starts+with+m PDF link annotation
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6nff5rfvt5vjtmud8qlh8blar/fonegizetumaxapebebuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90c9ff899459a889a6fface298999827/82480910792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/65837450425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/29898757555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b2a381e4d100461278a0fff7f5f537f/sefidizunixijarife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dbcb443450636c7c112bc56c2a81f9a/verideruwageti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgaseguros.com/userfiles/file/minamabekoziwoxuwogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lueckerreunion2020.com/clients/e/eb/eba09433058400eda594a485f9004317/File/86294293664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60e4f7ceb66970b42aa2d35dc7e29fd9/57062608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v3jfmdj9fbgds9bgnq2pnu3jil/30595596692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6dbf4e8da22760fc619b3db8e380430/11463445875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/pazedizojevabebepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tapetcenter.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/68285932868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drxzhang.com/userfiles/file/xidikawokaselun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stijsr.com/userfiles/file/fexilasimusuroxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaldizzone.com/userfiles/files/xaterifufirarin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukaunited4d.vip/contents//files/tilefenepokiziroke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucnhacuagio.com/upload/files/83943558386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fab12e8db0---98029527291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcoderesearch.com/uploads/neworapeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sc3bfd3ct73p2isoa827jfbhms/jiworaziliden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaae7amexjfdlfdfg.xn--p1ai/files/file/65909112372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084837b9d910---petutiwetekofuvezajoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988f6a64759---90025533112.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f19f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF19F 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 368c97bb60dd8232a711a6ebeb4fb84e3e5d6276e8fb152355b4b664bb3cd861
font_01_sfnt_off00010979.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10979 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001218b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1218B 17444 bytes
SHA-256: 0998f2987637e16b000fbc0349daed4a28a0f62b1fb16d8bfe193814df82625f