Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33df5ad536fe69e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-10-09 12:31:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: aac072e1fe6f707310b32ee58446d160 SHA-1: 0a0c412f42ac1140fc3595fbc006b6b47513797c SHA-256: 33df5ad536fe69e92604fb54bf487125752df48c3e19989b79c02a0363b29e03
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, likely to host phishing content or further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://ks-system.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/narumawitokanajexupixifuf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://phukhoabacninh.com/images/files/kipimiwinodufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colafranceschi.it/userfiles/files/52307416328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalboncostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/37047167344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungwoneng.com/upfile_editor/2021/files/sufaduletelukekabet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodatkireklamowe.pl/web/uploads/files/diriti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konferencii.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25365741438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29f8f4eb5ee8fe6d80f900b8f98b1f7c/xexelavefisuniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ao78rm0129mdc84heid1116hv8/minujogezobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b2dac7f884---zinexapedofajabegofiseda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosewoodcity.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/wixujeberibijapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gw114.eastman-intl.com/userfiles/file/vobofunorofinexukoxoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://textosolutionslinguistiques.com/upload/editor/file/14511633504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saikekanglun.com/filespath/files/20211003061845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8og2shft9vk21rrvr31v9q3ccg/14195130850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eghamatyab.com/basefile/bainbookcom/files/14005401011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/19145433563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowerowaszkola.pl/imgturysta/files/22453501668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highlandernepal.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/votokafenitupevujexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartcirclegroup.com/userfiles/file/pedezuzogukalega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vljainandco.com/userfiles/files/pezukafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artdental.hu/editor_up/lokami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.hk/FileData/ckfinder/files/20211003_44861A6B52899C0C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hermanosvalerorecio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/petalasimikesexudugedupon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=4+letter+words+that+start+with+q+and+end+with+sPDF 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_off0000cea7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEA7 10560 bytes
SHA-256: 5fe1edf2e142bc3ac72b02798f0d09efcbbfe928a755348c538dd0c2822c43cd
font_01_sfnt_off0000e684.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE684 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe96.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE96 19748 bytes
SHA-256: e26fcd4366a0ead79c9ab8b5a25bf1bed15ae8ff6b9629171933c30d0f3ba5d3