Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8333fd960aa6e3d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 13:41:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 1a2bbb4e6866c17b1d29d05fe3cb8976 SHA-1: 4b0589f8695f5b1db474da7f99783d5ccbdffd26 SHA-256: 8333fd960aa6e3d5d7d9d5017ffd9afe629a0261843c377c11155ae8e63fa3e8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' redirectors suggest a coordinated effort to host malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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 http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab8353ec03---laledani.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://okzawidow.pl/img/upload/files/80590425660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d15c023b9f---35240683593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aa164b60edd6110d46ab16a553cc7af/fumulakopodatabawoxuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6506a7420351d9b34c778ef5302e60ee/togububona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.apsetedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703c26b8568---dafobususixev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dlob7v0f32bqsjqlk80t45uq35/33732565636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8c64d1cca0---diderawigoxapew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f9c008a274ea1225ad3d24309e2f87b/popoxepikodifepiwibuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d590b837d7148620797fc0793e29e5ef/37943609874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af31b207c6---87235470218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terminal.hr/userfiles/file/75195873790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c58957b6968---51262056678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608daa960c234---82990024197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sovejoropawobegilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avision-italia.com/userfiles/files/mapowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65f97ed37b51439c19a31441b266ff17/vulesaxuzotubiguxokuneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a260114190b65d09c653cb5194ab5263/63751357135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danchrisjewelry.com/userfiles/file/33404976606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zxpgw.com/userfiles/file/73459559963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b430412b6ac91784db53e0dfa0ea535/xevaluri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6918428bf---gireralipiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9fbbe48df76440577821c6628ea124a/wuxafutetipidedijud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/669dadd4b59d9372acb4c48bfa16acf1/lafobosefavitewirubijem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=1.2+mm+to+mPDF 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_off000112d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D9 9608 bytes
SHA-256: 6305cab7d28faa07c0330e082f6c46d7d5f0db4194f437e67bc8368c117e8a98
font_01_sfnt_off000127b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013fc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FC9 18416 bytes
SHA-256: 66a93f81410fa797b812e1342ede1d20906716857dd64d659aa0660ec7435531