Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 833ccf9a4ef50920…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-07-20 11:19:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 3051e72c9704061a4036070ce234e7a7 SHA-1: 403bb66bf3af5604d2b4ff1cb5a5bde2e08357af SHA-256: 833ccf9a4ef50920d02bbe2aa7e960d12581db1940d21ad16a4d265de39df6ae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm nature suggest it's designed to lure users to external, potentially malicious, sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b820b10b356---vuparunosarozise.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210507080454864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/45291574160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adian.eus/files/galeria/files/14750966256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencshoworganizasyon.com/upload/ckfinder/files/44814131695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160722baad69a7---69894643519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20c54cf8feccff65eb7e10cbad006851/levakedubumawolatugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1864c3744b3255779401823b680350ab/nivanuzijujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttf81rjjp4qu0tfqn52ilcftk3/kinumajexojezikerevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalkulacka-hypo.cz/userfiles/files/22642625895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e7b87f36975db97fd8ef1e08b7ad5e2/24077724254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b60d7141116---konamumejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/31008995545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mgrenginiai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58348074238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc7fba814a6---15326928167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23aa75a02d5bc9b48a4e4648c6088607/46654886583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pn-tech.net/userData/board/file/lipijubepatavefuxobafoveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce32d9629d7---valupef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasamo.org/pds/userfiles/files/nezavubageto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/xupivovot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094ce464b858---85356653284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gg1p86uk3cli09fiudaqslvu53/69775528472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d2f6497e6e---felezoxosobitevirom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce38a2c2be---42397612063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/600577d7b0f014a3779b52565f0eba42/45563924686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd393263ad---41883187736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=miss+universe+2013+question+and+answerPDF 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_off0000f7a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7A0 17220 bytes
SHA-256: 28e92807d52aef8929ca2970bccaf40b689b458e77640347124de9892578fa47
font_01_sfnt_off000124c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124C6 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 1b89d4eb2427cd39f5a21b9a41e50537d5ecce48c3fdc031d84229701aaabf6a
font_02_sfnt_off00013ea6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1