Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33de9e11f1c905b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 19:04:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: fbd25cf0613e9ef5c02ce9b5dbcde451 SHA-1: 07ba7822ca1b5df9b8e0d246867f79cfb02e91f9 SHA-256: 33de9e11f1c905b38973374fc78ca2ab63df500223abac872c9fad315c2aef0c
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file detected by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious, supporting the conclusion that it is part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7716

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p0ru2f9s0u9c92nqlqpniqmls0/47644833298.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://carefirstwalkathon.com/clients/8/89/89514deb4c0e8807eb046cac28c4977f/File/gumigusotijipitavupuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kckd76hrn2j2h6sc8ac3b05f5/pejisamom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160886b19709a0---26221512444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2mus.ca/clients/b/b1/b1ca46fdb12d68e762e4a8b3318caec0/File/rewemojelomovejedulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17ed2956058ea9a0eabfafda039bb3d3/40135008906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80003607280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843a4932b2e---tofakevasifijanalajenaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e19637d66e---bimabotupoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ohmrc3bme611rfihd74dvc7o86/negupagalomegixow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49f196d744600238f74aedaf9a7fa2f0/66247125921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a56c478efe---58640144749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immopolignano.lu/images/85353212745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822763a438a---dagofoginugeduluboletaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ee4c987ba---notixisokefetevimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/develip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731194dcf8e---86681741369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722d6faeb44---82159688811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhanloc.net/userfiles/file/nokamazusasum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plafondchauffant.fr//img/user/file/goxojufirawoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tksi3uq2vh60mad1vq7h8lhf14/mapijemupozituxiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=decimals+worksheets+grade+4+with+answersPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e885.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE885 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 240e9ef6b0650f0f4fc9484e2d619d19ac10c16f233aa6e844028ffd593cac51
font_01_sfnt_off00010204.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10204 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1