Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33d7524b1df26efa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 21:16:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 326279edc4cd84b9b4d81e83abc5ea67 SHA-1: 227e58a5813ec71dbe5ad12c4f83e0456073f42c SHA-256: 33d7524b1df26efa85a9d2ceea73fe05b63f79b45547c46df6b2b891fd066618
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by multiple heuristics and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a strong likelihood of phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://puppometalli.eu/file/17047036480.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc1a031b6bd---85750964646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uivvgh8vltu05bej3eu3va7435/lefewujetujoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mav-auto.ru/images/file/pilugizasedom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a67463e56b22a896d1f68cb1d54fb1cc/fekirakefozorufomovavare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a84dfdb55b48a03f4d5870408494554/15435463999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otczenacts.com/media/files/sewigosix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/884ea168044c4e38233d8d323bc6abac/28753377346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/004e0cc87aac8c382cacd0605e63115e/38176451634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/pulevuwoguwaruvijekoxasip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58a1a417e7c91a10badf860d34caa4b1/83329519315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlmarinefuel.com/userfiles/file/17155505181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-zub.ru/userfiles/file/zumususekegofolipenifab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cc148cfff---teditexuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a01795b2c3c---58691337865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointsourcegroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/daf88d717ef98339fc3219d4bc574f1a/lixijuzakulesusoxovuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cahayaapi1.com/contents//files/ripilokomudunevogonepemag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hlr9tus4mnpn2bsr3e6t23l9k1/tizumagoxeraturafab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sidnhssltnhmr9t71dc7p9bor1/96415567635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/49988455978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9f357ee0e16e2e5e09fcc5428751a16/gozoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd7e239457d---41335083098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://havefuntogether.com/image/upload/File/63928489035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d00c7e1593e218601c709c6e61f1be30/11230774949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///voratebojujotumiguzun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a573d86ccba2a65a0d27a53f0e47f3ae/56590645314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=plr+products+for+internet+marketingPDF 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_off0000e54a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE54A 17456 bytes
SHA-256: bd14bdd15458ea3dbd8ffad58cde12105118654a2855a4bf644ad44069748ab4
font_01_sfnt_off0001128a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1128A 11156 bytes
SHA-256: eeae4ef5751d10324af4860b179a132024f82efda03d1ae7f81a581eb0a29d1f
font_02_sfnt_off00012c66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C66 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1