Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33f6142f08515848…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 08:32:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: fa58655f780a3ed3ec48668d9382700c SHA-1: 6faac492998f2231141104810494f8125793909d SHA-256: 33f6142f0851584839151e160c61ce0926c2ce09f36d4cf369cb1c9c49b35181
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 within documents. The presence of multiple link farms pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, combined with ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan', strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://ronaldtan.nl/images/photo/32274413785.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://myxroad.net/upload/userfiles/file///pemip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benqmusicworkshop.com/fupload/file/93720679736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mokshadhamnepal.org/userfiles/files/fusizezumumefigatagam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forkidsvietnam.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqb8l9m8flrtgiqua68uhmk2a6/91633942869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.info/file/fogikediminonapinijer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://media-get.com/userfiles/files/mujebebowip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///fopan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatrangpalace.net/app/webroot/upload/files/6117950155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otpetye.com/images/shared/file/xorijen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieseam.org/userfiles/files/rojuxubuzuvisef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/famusesir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sibirprokat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6386060743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ice-group.pl/userfiles/file/9064424679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613401a63ba93---zubobem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourtruck.be/upload/ckeditor/file/98125596161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tugabetotozezule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/14111982202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatename.com/uploads/files/202109060626288208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e330fc096d700f78b3b7aa417ae975ee/48292131514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/odfgnar3dpvmv0lmolr7gv4n90/jomubusuvidegumuluwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vifujozufawaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snpwachq.com/files/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rugibaxofosirowidusin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opuspointpartner.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wimako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://o-dance.com/upload/files/72441051580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=molecular+biology+of+the+gene+7th+edition+pdfPDF 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_off0000c533.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC533 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD45 16992 bytes
SHA-256: 671834efbd1b17d35878a071830dfbbe7fd92dabb4784dda507ff80dbe81e7d9
font_02_sfnt_off000108d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108D6 11128 bytes
SHA-256: c787f426a3e7dfb74b2a23ba097dc2690c86068bbbe8cadce4daa474f894afef