Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33dca86de6369f92…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 18:54:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4fb704bc5eadb47d3182a65f97a2b3f6 SHA-1: e02f96fdd4f9c01d6827f2e9c4fdfba2e1a39802 SHA-256: 33dca86de6369f9200fcafa5f3980bb5edf56c97f3189a74efbe593d27257b2f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to obscure the true malicious destination, which is typical of phishing or malware distribution campaigns. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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 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://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0511221993---donutulelesosujejofep.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/gotakulutevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoculture.cz/admin/upload/file/28555904675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c235d7ef964---voxataroxowifum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/tomevolivopuwuronobitagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goreskyreunion.com/clients/b/ba/ba087d28c24afe6c5bc45fa062332e47/File/6902312026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/taxexam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846979e1280---63787599078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italiangreyhound.pl/img1/userfiles/file/zavasavifigujozigivilesum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qatq8g0lnan1qvois90l6tl7k1/fedabonebezululik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/41654513211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095c60eada27---xanurilorutakabukuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852005ae993---50858931885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecf0fcf4f125c9b50b08af20a17cfdfe/filokekepoxifopuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v066c95o0idr3mb4it2fomssa5/79533223482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h645tiavjdqhmtra3rpqfg5s5k/90823043705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08eb49abfca7d990c45817231af01a5a/72821275191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheumatology.institute/upload/content/file/pibaweliso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cjrnc1d0gluoquv5tcsfp806a1/mozuliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8091a3c6c---40921227064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heninrealty.com/userfiles/files/rasan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfasg.jp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23405757873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b2d70907b---jivukiwotipenif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/58104322421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b050eaa771972a6e29703f97760c03a/66532440954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=free+c+ide+for+windowsPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010256.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10256 1908 bytes
SHA-256: 7659f8a081d8ffb30753baa2dd335913d53abd0aaa04ee2808c78cb150551a46
font_01_sfnt_off00010b26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B26 10224 bytes
SHA-256: 4f964b2750b50bb0873733a20e1cfb1d903f91bbbe9a2a63770d37e77d76a66d
font_02_sfnt_off0001223c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1223C 17708 bytes
SHA-256: 056723ca0c0e9b4355a3213e177ca9d30a25f0ab86734845ad19c333ba50f975
font_03_sfnt_off00015073.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15073 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1