Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33a0ff3962f410f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 00:04:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e1832357007ed2406915475db683082d SHA-1: 5bc42be79427ed214dbd169752be6fedfbfd55c0 SHA-256: 33a0ff3962f410f56ee7ff6043c649b39602f861ff180cfc1c42dd2c90b759cf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content. The primary attack pattern involves leveraging these links to deliver a secondary payload or conduct phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e15f6cfe84c3268958e57c381a215d3f/53118575759.pdf
    • https://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/23936992500.pdf
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53b508769018adab75080b641f232508/23670308451.pdf
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bpuht79nidjpkqee4irdlpqdi2/xurixumuduboga.pdf
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f5858c0de---48258729418.pdf
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e51e5e51e---72829929487.pdf
    • http://creatinglifeoptions.com/userfiles/files/telepoladumid.pdf
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/72842487970.pdf
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77321e6af3---8143960708.pdf
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19081f66ed857cdb714cfddd20f28b46/29589623185.pdf
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ucdeerb2bub1tddc0turkru113/seziduxabenoxavotizurome.pdf
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/vilowovopufaguv.pdf
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/79073839695.pdf
    • http://ruoumoc.com/upload/files/97699382664.pdf
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/69892499861.pdf
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/357ecc9f5303d53b62ef8beb7936cba9/pepaxonibaped.pdf
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/94110787188.pdf
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e6c68f2b5b---20783542526.pdf
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f51ab2e012---28715923010.pdf
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/786a9caf392451937efd0e08d9e23d58/vozorawipesonapuzunuviles.pdf
    • http://lg-palette.com/upload/files/ziwafadujedorowipemugajis.pdf
    • http://sutinlawkrabi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiwuk.pdf
    • http://sevinctekstil.com/resimler/files/3111929086.pdf
    • http://taketty.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23240463371.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=blue%27s+room+little+red+riding+blue
    • 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_off0000f798.bin
5dd6b9d96ba3c73ff35c0fadccee4e76178a4c6acf4d38140c7900850e5cf160
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF798 17560 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012494.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12494 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013cab.bin
ff2eb1815da1b380fd0adb38216083d15f413adabeaf2a018b5839efdb4ccdd2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CAB 10756 bytes