Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33bfbc3bff63fa67…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:12:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: b11b1f74a0333096882693c0e0698236 SHA-1: 36ef655c7904df9a0b272fd9778f4f2ae19d7ff4 SHA-256: 33bfbc3bff63fa67972662711abc9f6631008ffc2d1fdc2608b7d25281833e80
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a common tactic of redirecting users to malicious content hosted on compromised CMS uploads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=warrior+cats+the+new+prophecy+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135c0e147535---bevufikozugimokoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioschicchi.eu/userfiles/files/jomurigidaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bunian-co.com/other_files/File/26220055382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalimati.in/userfiles/file/savutixonakiret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxforce.nl/userfiles/files/99608895484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tetrafluoro.com/upload/files/runiletigotug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daugiavanthienphuoc.com/media/ftp/file/sumibawuzobiwamov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakesushilakehavasu.com/uploads/files/55424864244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bc03df329---refilolinijuxopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yung-shun.com/userfiles/file/38149589729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mongolia-volkslift.com/uploads/files/vitaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skipjackpoke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69874768613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euskararenginkana.eus/files/galeria/files/fujununodegide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/366dba93daee68bd7de8d54ea5522bcc/pofalapus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woori-tour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210909_B74F731A270B9966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-businessplan.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/19150257873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kp4v1cp0dkniugdc55jim2lnl6/38216653694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52c08cef8b68b5580f0dc2b7521dc92f/16544874272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cowichanmusicfestival.com/userfiles/file/63755177338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63sitq2tqsasa7dgm4otqd5onj/44624588618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blossomtour.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_652F605FA0D196DA.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.s-prom.si/fileupload/file/jelozowafug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutritie-metabolism-sanatate.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/wakidimojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134a06518698---68973879910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141384d2e5e3---suzewizuxekasit.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_off0000ff21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF21 17860 bytes
SHA-256: 0b24cbcbcd78206285829e3c194de72c75fac89fde1a6ccccec60e937613fee3
font_01_sfnt_off00012dc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DC7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000145de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145DE 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 18f77a884d9bc225fcd1a195f3bf6800ead7a9df52f34c52cbaf09bc277d2988