Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33a4cfa084141087…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 19:30:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d5da101ab03e8c45ea64285d26fe196c SHA-1: 5e8338b116f3256b165d08d4a727631471bca6c8 SHA-256: 33a4cfa0841410870f2bfbff2741d7d50d728290f0e7c2d060c7850b376361ae
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. Heuristics indicate it's a link farm and a lure for remote support tools, suggesting an attempt to trick the user into installing potentially unwanted or malicious software. The embedded URLs point to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, indicating a distribution mechanism for further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • 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://ksnjl.com/userfiles/files/17721796971.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://savitravel.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69941076090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dieterheich.de/images/uploads/file/55066241751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e864a13823880ba1d8c2271163ac3bc1/vizetowokofowisarewozisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwaretesting.kr/club/data/userfiles/file/20210906135651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a193f60ee2---52836592884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssteelelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/28541615964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.studioline.ie/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ponulagopuziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltprof.ru/userfiles/file/47158158346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creatinglifeoptions.com/userfiles/files/likafuwaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.antoniopopolizio.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39169694425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.taxivanclass.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/69419938902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://begues.mobi/userfiles/file/91464312115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energyexcess.com/userfiles/file/wawedorarusuwunovodogowug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lecostationery.com/files/file/wenuzivigowitomebupiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeguvietnam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/26455612185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genegurumiraclehealer.com/userfiles/file/wokorarevusidolafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614218fe8ac2c---78851849945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lingeriedediva.com/UploadFile/file/2021090908020173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaria-ciocirlia.ro/media/file/dodokamovekopisigigemisem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sziazsauto.com/uploads/files/netan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braindevelopmentmaps.org/userfiles/files/badufow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/fakave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsbettingconsultants.net/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuvek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=android+remote+screenPDF 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_off0000e389.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE389 10304 bytes
SHA-256: 80fa59ce3514c6f02872e61aa2f5d888031fb57f389f56971832300152b7c017
font_01_sfnt_off0000fabe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFABE 17852 bytes
SHA-256: 9c4aa9010176261491a5fb9c1c90c44a7ce59c54b9274649fc549449a3d4fbcf
font_02_sfnt_off00012983.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12983 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1