Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33c373c4b7075989…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-02 17:02:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 9ed7655d1a8f7096ab62d2048a4bbf23 SHA-1: 84288cd461632e91dceb2954a2d2343b8bb0f2b2 SHA-256: 33c373c4b7075989a9f1f7a2b4bb041b03b36a81ce08317585b9cf37562290d6
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vals+poetico+felipe+villanueva+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k0kbltcn6786q7ujda4q053htp/duvosekuwarewofak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97eb8a72e354b7d73579d047a31987d3/89223056731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4829c8e161ba7daeb8dc72297a11915/41282560979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htlexpress.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuwolupub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/811095a512a1514e46c45ed501532db3/derevozij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2ffa9e9cfde2c9be0aca51c475fcd74/gafatejovisuxoborizijig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cairparavel.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/21384108626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8241642cb66f2fbf93643812a308f84/mosubapijiget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/amkhvp8kk15hi9241lv7pq1pjm/56082360621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calmoinc.com/upload/editor/file/49810024277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslag.eu/userfiles/file/95201518990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d8cba34fefa7b07b3b13c07da510f8a/piponatubun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bqr969r78rfs0q8vstall1fgai/82147664937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3745531fe7---69192585773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijpdua.com/contents//files/6058257625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easypayindia.in/userfiles/file/jonexarudetopobizatel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5bf0a78646---92361141428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hagabb.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nofoladakezurire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archi1919.com/smlclub-files/file/49588879640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mg001.cn/upload_fck/file/2021-6-5/20210605043042489331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benefielddarrenfordhicksunited.com/clients/2/21/2186b72972973349411f8b90e6071e14/File/62557021644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palyavalaszto.hu/teszt/upload/file/95004347349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608451797d041---gokagusaxibagigixegaje.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_off0000d4f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4F0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED02 19652 bytes
SHA-256: 79a4df430ee0a3691c1079a7e1422ba2321df5eb5fa9f87f3f6873181abc3571
font_02_sfnt_off00011f23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F23 10648 bytes
SHA-256: 02929a4dfdeb658e3894829e81051922a91c1f0aa2e8f22013bff5330b063a5d

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