Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33d5919133a8b9fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-17 08:18:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a200a8306bb8fa8dad614e3f420692dd SHA-1: 76b993bc6348112ddc0e2ecc14ab2df0a00f4249 SHA-256: 33d5919133a8b9fe506310eee052df1412d56e03cbb0b612c5b2d4d40942c1dd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://krajinar.cz/soubory/files/42543997364.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ristoranteibucanieri.it/userfiles/files/69019727874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161317000623d7---votag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcaosms.org/media/ftp/file/zunajazaxukewarixabasope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tempshift.com/app/webroot/files/uploadimagesfile/nofirajaretulogazetije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/3317618066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ksmt.edu.np/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuritulediwut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osmed.cz/app/webroot/files/files/senagibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jocoseatee.com/userfiles/files/29352176060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francois-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pesekafiluras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f97fee7b4ff8eeecc171b4d0fdb3a145/54264419837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wodoviwepaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imailbox.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/pelalibominugozivuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lrsdev.com/userfiles/file/83314211429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hydratrend.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89929068870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langfordfinancialservices.com/userfiles/files/28623293239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b116b4269674ae92b425b7b7fe8f8e4/107167687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613033d35e122---jizatunifabizudidugef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charterboatdeliverance.com/uploads/files/38770952280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sepl9b5v23paoeh26gehk0ool2/vukajeponerupitetakowude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613546724bd0d---wedumepiwotux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papaicountrylodge-longstay.com/user_img/files/3195039797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezszilvia.com/images/uploaded/file/88168146610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a1e4d862b---jelidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipacademy.org/userfiles/file/sonefezumoboku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoatuoi360.vn/uploads/files/87158178206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f0a0cbe734---bizag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=venom+yts+torrent+magnetPDF 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_off0000ce17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE17 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e62e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE62E 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 3b00a948de26076fd9abc262ec530b6c52ebec095b8c3c09e1c9caccddd24c99
font_02_sfnt_off0000fdc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDC3 18720 bytes
SHA-256: b85c79394be80f58c478404550f8eb110511cd4721611ec8a7771c9ca9bf49b8