Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 633103f1270a00c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:04:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 88f1016ad8a30cc32313fe7fa98c6016 SHA-1: cd8cac1cfce03ac3b8e4490a5b37b902297ef498 SHA-256: 633103f1270a00c50560bd0c91edf319ec8b00f55a8c69e6f3f2c327cc8e2c88
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9767

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://rymwid-training.com/userfiles/file/66772928071.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://adreshosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/mojafewomoliweka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eabd7d39437a481a348e86b913305193/22310527529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.servicioscalibrados.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4af6d3bc98ef117396d1ce85094eacb/gaxulumakafuwametebof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.com/slicice/file/65555692780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weddingceremoniesbybev.com/clients/72651/File/81276149991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://n95america.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/673684b0c4275f817f930ccd755b362b/2479989005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1puldi5uo9dsap83p1pgjmiv80/28349291523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da55b66cde829a8e5a5c6c1abab2b6fe/97302649869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096261e4a154---wikewalolejezejulivawone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086349d9715a---gedakagudenozegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607214251e06c---wulin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25ej10qqmtdeq5s8ldmrdac3rm/berafonevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrocom-spb.ru/userfiles/files/zupovekejinilosijoxigaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a723556a3---pawonozoliwixuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1960whs.com/clients/7/73/73384dfd0d582a2861cf356c55c3c578/File/neletaruxubotepapogovamas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b4d4501499e7c2a0e3bd7c289786dca4/polunuzur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92f4f3060e163b414f1283d1c613c7a9/xegepawogamofor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97bd07209d74fbace58affad27ae6124/43898338947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af5dab058a7---82085710793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ebfde89647---fesifefiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a05b668342---96472827285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/78377856462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatnhapkhaugiasi.com/luutru/files/69129925448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c000f1b972bea17d04998188e5f15e86/17050324643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=a+staggering+effortPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off0001383e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1383E 18328 bytes
SHA-256: d9f5e66163d907df9b2c2f031b8906ab183602eda4757f3e8ef428a9cf922d60
font_00_sfnt_off0000fb42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB42 10324 bytes
SHA-256: aff3a0e090d8dc9204317a1620fd6011d58811cc2fc336d3d38f5867a210cc79
font_01_sfnt_off000112ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112AE 3464 bytes
SHA-256: a8161c2f5ba9235eb51b4fcc43b6bb219725019365cb8d38f9ec25dfe5ce54ff
font_02_sfnt_off0001202d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1202D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_04_sfnt_off000155db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155DB 22748 bytes
SHA-256: 03d4b8b4132194118bc4287cc37c868b4a4d2081f131f4b27d435e4633c61ffb