Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33ff31b4d804d2ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-07-13 16:50:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ae0c7c4c251a3467639277aef9f96ffa SHA-1: 11050331455ae18a9fd55267405279391ea52595 SHA-256: 33ff31b4d804d2ed67b28a3bc80f949f1b1457d7891d9d4ec81896f9ce5162d0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of numerous external links, including one hosted on a compromised WordPress site, supports the classification as a malicious link distribution mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ndqfue05tbt8sqmnrim20ne65/rotomolewipajekasotiradu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://designclarf.it/file/mivuloju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089cf725fe28---gefuwisuvagadejobegeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebac5dff75e7b5b9089ac70a07f87307/jasukikovipevetuzovazet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ondrejkocar.cz/img/file/98809160030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081dbbe23da1---35536195455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160752b96c84f8---laxuvazised.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef6c6ea21036f0ffbef5c093655c4a94/56358042424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/zolutotezexidugev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb035532409---2767098009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wodepcb.cn/uploadfiles/files/11380636748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160860f9c2540a---86502641499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d40e75406---sefitogifufiwazafug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9b976c61c1---wuzabegekawarelalonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/pejukip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttmplus.com/userfiles/files/98568828596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e8cdcb978---70259862849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h95dchior5lta85lsmir6oudm0/xizurowixupozinunuvige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukierniabrzezinski.pl/www/artizam/fck/file/93088189637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfdjet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4537fc2a6ff746a2a73531b5aeefa43/68420845395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85ae6ab7843d30c8f872fd0710eebd1d/26203692655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/296dcbbb67347e122022ddf955d874ea/35708438757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bakotech.at/uploads/ckeditor/files/wiruxerutupufidizawijewaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinalabware.ru/d/files/doligowulipopamebex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+get+into+an+old+computer+without+passwordPDF 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_off0000bcc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCC7 16404 bytes
SHA-256: eb6c54e450df8f394968259f9b0b241a992c0f3c1fa8ad8a7e6e9ef21bf321f6
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fef1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEF1 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 7636422f80bce0de96d0a9a2546ae8d4b30632b5e247476e934ca8fc58577cc4