Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33dff78d9eb69b56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

139.5 KB Created: 2021-08-16 17:49:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 0ffd502db0199b55d340c6e4dc136b6f SHA-1: d9e7fc7f736def48020049423e57d657d987d4c6 SHA-256: 33dff78d9eb69b56b64b2e4f9460591c131bec6b415d5d1bbb0744dfc7ca8c92
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is identified as a malicious PDF by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, and the PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristic points to links hosted on compromised WordPress sites. These elements collectively suggest the PDF's primary function is to redirect users to malicious external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://jar-ted.pl/file/ralenimizuleredozil.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/89312672272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075782214716---39950094583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemculture.com/userfiles/file/gogoxepigapekosadadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/mavujin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuss.it/file/76242189030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/58296979516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/wokebesasezurep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pantryscan.com/123cars/imagefck/file/welabuvisidanosum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dk4eab3a28fvh5qjhc1ukoq4r/82382336666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virus-safe-zone.com/ckupload/files/lirelodawarel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stalmost.pl/userfiles/file/97941091245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/zemonop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uqm7j3nd4kn4v3k5vqsge3meg6/kiwijipejazelilobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cs168.tw/upfiles/editor/files/lajosewuvifomebaxotubum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qo565hksaid6fjjtkv4o3so10q/vozelifugokikosutev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/mezofetesuwojivazijole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84c83b90f0---begogik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aaaxxion.info/images/file/58966010996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/mebev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6c93fe348d---36345243089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d64f708f6db---kozujagowitujizufaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac857eda813fdcfbceb16791e1830cc6/55575898745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc2c99e231e74455b639ee7881861779/zutiforifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenbins.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8020123857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=idsa+guidelines+on+utiPDF 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_off0001c0ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C0EF 18132 bytes
SHA-256: 380f0a2e8500dff607229e4272aeac012f1cdf1fc8e0c2d94b6f2339eda1589b
font_01_sfnt_off0001f039.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F039 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00020850.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x20850 10376 bytes
SHA-256: b01d75f371a8057f8661682d59729d2b0e7ea7c7cceb0e5db17624ab11885fd4