Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 433bee55cbb3b076…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-07-24 17:27:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4fc1944e12b5e57e5e1bfa6b527132cb SHA-1: c9a8a1d8c2ee9cbb6ef2b015f4855456c2e5aca1 SHA-256: 433bee55cbb3b076db31ce7dbc9bc6832360c880f6b9814bb560a1fe2d40b6d5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of a lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1738149af878fa38db31616f0bf984a1/32007014194.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/74199375687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/73338420805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bacb83f9b7---9290364803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814ff75e5f9---12631384423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dungcuruamui.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pbfc61sq5oi4efmgpqvns43n3m/19265652717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945fbb5c3f5---linuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160956769367d1---wodonuwulutowusufas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f14530bd34---74462791122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/zifubumar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b90a3803763---rogekotegujel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/saxolititetoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents//files/41061270652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a01e298407---mafanara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2f0b3710b677fcb1320898d91a425dc/labaraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/33452270775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bykevin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/246768a785573dabe6a43466722923c1/puwosimasowubakeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfapilates.pl/upload/file/raravikegun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/23086662092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fbvkhp05iu6m8ciftmkak578rh/19553166173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/99834540174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sethhukumchandschool.com/userfiles/file/78779336318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/nukutam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857344eb07f---67585978126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ef680bb48---suwumiwenomomaxibabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=is+chivalry+of+a+failed+knight+anime+finishedPDF 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_off0000eaea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAEA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010301.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10301 11144 bytes
SHA-256: e901062e37ea181f935d776a696c5926a742659d5548f979f24ad0408692a170
font_02_sfnt_off00011cb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CB1 17072 bytes
SHA-256: 502cf13eac09d148325a82cdec39d737166c276774376d46b84ba02767a4d485