Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33be24202f812fe0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-18 02:23:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: f33541c0c30e799f4cf6a89ebc01be3b SHA-1: 9eefb55e7fbe8be9e8cbcd88ffe1b2c9c60d56b4 SHA-256: 33be24202f812fe045cb5d8ad23ea90c66470a7f767c6b644f56d7b778c92f24
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content. Heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggest this malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4paoj257ddgoncvoe0ot0nbuhl/86404924643.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoangvinh.com/uploads/userfiles/file/dugoranitapadez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf2170a5f48---nagoteloludovatirurafipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yepsell.com/userfiles/files/70662001892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a488f9abe61---fuwanamusidunexobawulomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/sigofijekife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609561b93a786---47344231131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da5557487c---fogezifuniseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharjahcements.com/images/bulk_images/files/37220145443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kachhiproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47vu2h3lo0i0p4nbglt8qu6pi2/sufav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0a4267722---46596315383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnobor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lesurikemetorujowegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://distributoram.com/files/file/gobogifipivebuwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinkorea.com/files/files/kefuzegumameworelugar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdb00dd5407dbbbde093f2ee3a8f7ec1/4716226406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoseneca.com/userfiles/files/zidebuwobaritizusetaruju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pressvaluation.net/userfiles/file/48886958651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmwarts.com/ecovic/file/82510238293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lahma.pl/_u/userfiles/file/12336757743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2c895a8f15c99e78f342c829170715d/91280256393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775ec364610---63113341735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27dbc13462bc3ce776e6558884b0c483/zigilutulude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=he+lives+all+glory+to+his+namePDF 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_off0000f232.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF232 10724 bytes
SHA-256: a19f2b4f02392e6efb51c629a64d335c08d5aa5199deb4c0986abe3b5c245107
font_01_sfnt_off00010aa2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AA2 18156 bytes
SHA-256: 27069300b005e68ed190be7970ab1f0f2572613f2063f4dd880b18e33c48596d
font_02_sfnt_off00013a13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1