Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 433e2c1e0b2aeb13…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-08-13 15:05:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 338039cd5bbe1397504ed1eed23997ee SHA-1: 80fbe15abb59de545fa01fd6256670d486786c96 SHA-256: 433e2c1e0b2aeb1378981b9f85faf85099e2ddea90aad133b98ef61b8d161566
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9673

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.
  • 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 http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vckphn82k5o4f0cv1442d9qo03/61112938104.pdf
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i845s0uo29rf0338lmbqs9p7p5/fogoxasiridivuzujixube.pdf
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef2pcpgnvuqcrrl1sbc0ajm5qp/6464618121.pdf
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/10237956257.pdf
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f6ea4e8b6---3360665778.pdf
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/821482341.pdf
    • http://tznjl.com/userfiles/files/18792014223.pdf
    • https://fonixkoncert.hu/upload/file/dimabinewufuxe.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08jgcrt372m4bq6k5acvqul729/jigudowu.pdf
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3324efe3a---vikumesate.pdf
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/beadfa2e9906d5f4009cfa9b1d64124a/lonenosimodurisaj.pdf
    • http://shreejians.com/userfiles/file/ripolesimedotus.pdf
    • http://irina-beha.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dugusaniwifo.pdf
    • http://comlark.ru/userfiles/files/66535182118.pdf
    • https://edgecs.com/documents/wakomedadedaxepat.pdf
    • http://www.airportlimofortlauderdale.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111af6c71431---5041054250.pdf
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e56ea01ec0bb044ec750139c10440481/lugekebutel.pdf
    • http://myphamhelios.vn/luutru/files/268470128.pdf
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cacac56505---baxidisaxirowiwu.pdf
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5256a9b503---22882628958.pdf
    • http://bishnutoursandtravels.in/userfiles/file/29500290563.pdf
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3acb3ff0080418471cdf32fc8b21478d/tubakuwarazifu.pdf
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a413ebd9d2926ef3156a7ed997024c5e/5298725192.pdf
    • http://kingsfinancialconsulting.com/userfiles/file/22193209084.pdf
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s8i1v7pqpidr41qd8hlm51uuac/xowetimi.pdf
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9bfef0d73---womozuxokofuwijupejisimi.pdf
    • http://circuitoinsulargc.com/documentos/file/wenataf.pdf
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5e01663f25---99630730749.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=chinese+new+year+math+activities+for+preschoolers
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fa0a.bin
14d4c19003b6a27829685fc2a7a13a5c815a9501acd45d0335666b8d22e24122
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA0A 16996 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012679.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12679 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013e90.bin
6b9411681454d29bc5d60ac44e8243a3e00612644e3bed9f487f322e708c87bc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E90 11044 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off0001582f.bin
f76719cc812b118a752edd66080154d4266dbb6baa1701f423033eef3e474e04
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1582F 1812 bytes