Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33cf8c25e955623b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.3 KB Created: 2021-09-10 12:32:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: d4caa3388f496547d627e12be5244d79 SHA-1: a8d5496ddb29fc4794c9fb8c9b3504139a248d9f SHA-256: 33cf8c25e955623b50f1657b833a7ea9acd3f6af030d30443bb142b9b8d7f56c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.
  • 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 http://masonhn.com/d/files/rasevasugosefurezovesarip.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://venefoil.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61976938814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorsexpress.biz/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/xukudovikokozumekubevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeevandeepspecialcare.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vivogulijitil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1climbing.com/userfiles/files/53749944095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161361d2a92a0f---51341044298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siposferenc.hu/html/21824253476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thermogroup.ru/uploads/files/89946637323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trunglamdecor.com/uploads/userfiles/file/31152434200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21578084183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d06873254ccb89768aced982f7048909/kuted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gitimohammadilakhimpur.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bikozijojidok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sluchatka-shop.cz/files/upload/files/dabaresimaribitafupukizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tainandentist.com/uploads/files/202109050051159840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://termosystem.pl/userfiles/file/kemifikinolurebufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-motorcycle.tw/upload/emotorcycle/files/29332328477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161357a8f773bd---nadubovilolipuxopelufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riwg.in/userfiles/file/87601919653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fceresources.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27621417021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fpcofmacon.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/tabigoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2bet.com/contents/files/sirowubir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infotechsystemsonline.com/ital/www/img/file/zenedimubaxudidinano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/remizobedidipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=milk+and+honey+poems+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_off0000be48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE48 10764 bytes
SHA-256: a4e8f9c64bcd1a84398c35fc638390789a9f5c10b22e0dcbff2376d0d0d0e391
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6C1 16332 bytes
SHA-256: 272d8c0a0edf59569c1634b2437aac39dbd3563fedbf02c75c6680a81f546037
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFD1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1