Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33fadd38a11cb544…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-09 02:10:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: da27472ae5838f0957fb0efd6c2502e9 SHA-1: d7c310d70b9b6dfda04726c7f032e13e6fb00a65 SHA-256: 33fadd38a11cb544374ca6af7324600aa1a35fa2b79bc4c780fc6eb616de387b
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a password-protected archive lure. It contains numerous links to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious files. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings indicate the potential for embedded JavaScript, which could be used to facilitate the download or execution of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://wuxihemei.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210615_161004.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/varameloxisopuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciacogliate.it/userfiles/files/nurolemanuvefopewalowot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://griswoldremgmt.com/uploads/files/nuwiwokipekazuxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokumsuzgec.com/userfiles/files/tisulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nghiencuuykhoa.com/uploads/userfiles/file/70207204047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/74905578772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nappsa.org/userfiles/file/wajuzeroxiwuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.analfissur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080facb23ed1---mapudomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a94777063c9---bawofizapozasazip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd681600dee---waxoguxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41290843d7db94feccc0705f16d0f040/19464630644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5eee77344d8cc1a6fd7bfa4038630d5c/8154334314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/orvd8u74h25bsmb0h24a65i5j3/50356628633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f50a2149e01c26d5567af7366a1e12d/fuwisanozutawokifuwavod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609520d172ab1---7893655182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puppiesulove.com/clients/7/7f/7fa6d7836ea929643a3c23f4562b158d/File/zevomobokokuzokaguwow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cde70245793---19911733939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a1716ff0f---27855210448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscow-vernisage.com/files/files/jagonimidaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c880fae6f9c---76999842535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manenshop.com/upload/files/wizonoxiradakilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc39e146662---45928672628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belst.by/upload/file/tipivogiranazutabukega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f833fbb38acdcc959e5c00610fda0d4b/jotelikozexufomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a420ccf0bd2---85983608259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=alpha+helix+and+beta+pleated+sheet+structure+of+proteinsPDF 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_off0000f5f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F7 11040 bytes
SHA-256: c04ba356a3cb205f4b38f03bd45b241226e334e038efb7a2f4523b3bc60a3bb5
font_01_sfnt_off00010f63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F63 18664 bytes
SHA-256: 1989dbff0468f07359c8f2ce2ce571f75e09363622d74b0a31a57388bc8210c5
font_02_sfnt_off0001408a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1408A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1