Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e33b6c530f0c008…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:30:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 708ffe6a5a64caa44b27f62676c662dd SHA-1: c7140d34b69d3231c7fbdce79e10735fa41154ff SHA-256: 9e33b6c530f0c00817d1e02f22d64fcee812e313f09cadb4b31d75e2ea442deb
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links pointing to potentially compromised websites, with several heuristics indicating a link farm on disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbe76592c4a---misizejelapowojet.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mottaing.eu/userfiles/files/lubovaguniwemuxeteboxurob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/71468232959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a780d3c4358---fudarigoderatavatopofapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102e688b4cdc---25997864071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bijverhoeven.nl/uploads/files/16189548744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o0bghf0eaf25o9vdmk7kqr07a1/femijalunij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eac8a1684a91cae310ec89aa5adf816e/titolawaruwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paroissedementon.fr/upload/files/11749580257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862b6e4d281---8291244517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/images/blog//file/58434538688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumtrade.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36562961743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circolosilverblufitnessclub.eu/userfiles/files/33585777672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapalishakti.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25654431727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7b519a7c4---36002295090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dietaltop.com/userfiles/files/90697334004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f6bd3a62cd---kosujikikanolawudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tycoonmedical.com/userfiles/file/85566665462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duoctruongxuan.vn/userfiles/image/file/65093410795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ensasoft.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkda2s8jda8siins6oe9l658rh/78560822083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/14728366000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210605_AEC0C582D0B925CD.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://princeverma.in/uploads/files/73504586813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhandiban.com/uploadfile/file/2021090103075073499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaonhaccong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/86361968451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c2c4b467e9e96e14b7979b26cfadd49/xanojuxes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=music+theory+minor+scales+pdfPDF 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_off0000dc7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC7B 18780 bytes
SHA-256: 3f7f4bbb94bdf99c7a0ced8e9640a863dde3df7440e161e67dd5d9e763faa879
font_01_sfnt_off00010d18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D18 11092 bytes
SHA-256: dd76ae5bd5e39a9faa0dfb827d617cf75d20be4acee471aeba2b67496fb4cb10
font_02_sfnt_off000126d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1