Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33f0f6d8938b3846…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 20:05:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: da215d0cfeda463b1000e698dfb53291 SHA-1: ffde4b3bd912e4366c59d07a6b9f33345754937c SHA-256: 33f0f6d8938b384603791035ef2c6636c6ee99ea445b8866844e6a6c9f815036
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories, indicating an attempt to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'download button' heuristic further support this, suggesting the document is designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/736b6a721c326a975c64f337791c0159/sajiwomatiforef.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uf0jp7mh3fermk1oeim6cb5s84/19008961726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f75d8a0c14---25200538962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/212c434e46bc43d79e0ca8334698b433/mofen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d6f59ac0d---rukujifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volkshilfe-vlbg.at/images/content/files/tifuzikobavevesowol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69ac9c48e98868c9ea03a83b5528197d/97471911818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schs1968.com/clients/861610/File/24036440353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northcoteplaza.com/userfiles/file/66646795366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o6otfkjkl2cvtg9pgv60bdss6s/18202393328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5688b23524f3f05e9b5eb6a2945c07db/nuzajubetudina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdrum-music.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/65897928582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9473e6da2133ff6f4c88dea282ef1670/zimisaden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/78714644464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poiskvod.ru/images/file/titatowamokakizunedur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cbb1baf9c---notatalile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mateuszkucharski.pl/admin/file/38408135327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuaphatlailongthanh.com/upload/contentFile/minhchau/file/xisatopugom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3d136c803---gijidigafitakoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canvangdientu.com/images/file/riwuxanubesedefik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/68430325803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bec1dd2dafc46a5644d642eb45ef1c18/13548694304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=what+road+did+jesus+carry+the+cross+onPDF 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_off0000f0b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0B3 10756 bytes
SHA-256: 098fccdca01fd8c743467a5b1a4b3ddd59ddd769a94d8fde8cbe421ce7b38c82
font_01_sfnt_off0001096b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1096B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001217d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1217D 17168 bytes
SHA-256: 1e6781e94ba84610d1b6c20c367bf1aeeb8c6f3d91de1035df4bc6df96791561