Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33c450cbd5e03980…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 20:11:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a3c69c1072c922e244774f994de66549 SHA-1: 2a518c0e287f89966e2d30fb59f1e964218c59f1 SHA-256: 33c450cbd5e039801da8c5bd22e3ee740de31fe1d4e4bd69578431972fc215dc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links hosted on compromised CMS upload storage, indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns point towards a malicious link farm designed to trick users into downloading further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ac55f3332---gofisujono.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4dcb0169c---mikosiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/fejija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-pub.com/files/files/gilelava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab54b78d412---xinurujukunom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hainescentreasia.com/images/file/77241857338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belgium-ex.com/images/blog//file/wojuwaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a541a5322cda91daf6920ce2e825b894/nizeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colafranceschi.it/userfiles/files/kazivedenevugisud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namlongadc.vn/uploads/news/files/46652803281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/32145482209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b427aa3a2---92987539012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hacoauto.vn/upload/files/11658219426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d1a594f705faf6b7e17154b885189d6/48056044371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adian.eus/files/galeria/files/sufexoketemisipoxuleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a34fe64a513f35b3f7cbfc49dabe65b0/17144411879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b84pkn4icl8mhqdljd1ijj9hu/91096762641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9637b4955b77105b36fade840f9ded0/dexotunivebifakelapine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hnfb7rq7uu8tq29982iuahj86/powizekipezesidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d710fb21167---sokixirivowar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608615a5ed0d0---47093662030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608725d4a19ef---diledalogarigogoleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=practical+book+class+10+science+pdfPDF 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_off0000cede.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEDE 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 7cbb6d9133ba1b59592a8cddbe78e1c43ac31d656ee97c3cd74eff5891b5fdc7
font_01_sfnt_off0000fafd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAFD 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 4f9d331fe64685b57f9bc15ca2f4e946ec895f0b03c929e4d48e8965c1579a69
font_02_sfnt_off0001148c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1148C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1