Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33b156e51e84463b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-14 12:15:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 0250b145ec81392231e58c1680e3610f SHA-1: ebc117348b73561687d9a839ff4d1f2e8b930848 SHA-256: 33b156e51e84463bff9f6b8a60fcac28be4c192ddc660db22a2a308fd28f54a3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or credential harvesting campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+uninstall+system+ui PDF link annotation
    • http://austral-immo.com/userfiles/files/97147887721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sawodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.com/userfiles/file/48259257438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpinist.store/sribati/editor/uploadfiles/jutezekes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagcorlifescience.com/attachment/file/41023300103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizergranulators.com/d/files/40950557880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.szphotar.com/admin/img/files/kimodikepetagutizeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilprato.eu/userfiles/files/92174477057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51bedc23b1d3e65d36c99e9c021bf997/ruxosapavug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbimaugiao.vn/Images_upload/files/90751337045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgl.lu/userfiles/files/61067783959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e3341541b1---widakanapiparadizufuduxul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thessalonikiflights.com/files/files/sinokonovabakapemaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nattuvaartha.com/assets/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/tijiwobuwegeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48nac53k22oj1q6528ph3h55te/mirekopitewip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2gjidaae6ll2bq61n156vkj8hp/zexifowoxalojose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldfieldssanddrags.com.au/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72912634436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wutokedulamug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vpn-solutions.com.pe/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pegabagoronufomute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://piataafacerilor.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/peweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alacarte-husum.de/userfiles/file/14927344967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dbfc829f4c---96180159110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://h16hr15k-h19hr37urn.com/contents/files/zisejujaroxepabubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kco.su/userfiles/file/60625919761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xatrbio.com/userfiles/file/pomukovolo.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_off0000d69f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD69F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eeb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEB1 19560 bytes
SHA-256: 8f972d87d534670126640766f4aa915f04d6251b17f353491879b3899d34286c
font_02_sfnt_off00012192.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12192 10460 bytes
SHA-256: c4e582cdabee901fc8667fcd85ec50c4cd5744431dfee7cb0572166fc581fc16