Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 633bba75923a369b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-09-17 23:52:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4f3bcd09770c6184462d9d0675ffa6dd SHA-1: 4529a388a1e9d453356bc5434f2cb01391c2612f SHA-256: 633bba75923a369bef6b2dd20618526b4ac5f9dd2463792282dbf5c2566b590a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, likely intended to host and distribute further malicious content. The heuristic PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK specifically points to a suspicious URL that is likely part of the distribution chain.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://stainless-faucet.com/uploads/htmlupload/files/7621952237.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144c1ec34eda---xiken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yankey.com.tw/demo/public/editor/ckfinder/upload/user_upload/files/femuropozarebide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.biz/upload/ck/files/ferafudatugadikada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dd-inside.de/userfile/file/paguwezikoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ed4b77579---37317361836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dff3sf469djkjg75c137effbi9/56763744377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vicc.huh.hu/UserFiles/File/81547913704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weboonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tejamakezez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c98351d9c850bdd8886c62009531d507/35409268671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sloepverhuur-debiesbosch.nl/upload/files/tisixegurawujovaximof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ambulatorioveterinariosismondi.eu/file/tawepalanuzidudixigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c36729b1b4a387e89f87fb153ad000c3/14398078458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://silver.jo/ckfinder/blanc/files/fizifafapowojuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waycreon.net/bhaskar/yii/upload/files/12072599375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fourfoods.com/images/files/bivunagarelasefid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/243bp5kb99aqukcs8i6hvuvo09/46916467173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de.ruben.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/levuzapawafixijad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triatlonbizuterie.cz/sites/default/files/file/19563255353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://integrotech.pl/zdjecia/file/19649302138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bulgariapools.com/contents/files/wafafivoxewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kowewolonarexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreanhotpot.com/uploads/files/fujibami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143a9ac2f670---78400228708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/15200688907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=adblock+browser+premium+apkPDF 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_off0000de66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE66 10872 bytes
SHA-256: 9acdfbedd840061dc019072d28aa280d49d3ab0d498ba5f0e5234029f25c6860
font_01_sfnt_off0000f75c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF75C 21660 bytes
SHA-256: 194f406f39656b202985ad34e7da950768abeff3769394e84cc8eede0d19cd6a
font_02_sfnt_off00012f80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F80 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1