Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a33d4afadc1e928c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.3 KB Created: 2021-09-21 00:26:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 6ade44c0b7164c8758f974e0fc2ee3bd SHA-1: 46a35e9cba430977d337cbe20c159e82080dc1aa SHA-256: a33d4afadc1e928c473a935dc4610def7bf2084c827533c918132fec87e7a58c
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous external URIs that likely lead to phishing pages or malware downloads. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links and disposable hosting further supports its role as a distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=video+editor+unlocked+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41c82e84c7dcf75168d0c4664b6fbf74/jasivezop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicolalazzarotto.com/userfiles/files/8601990179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abr8ne8soq2gl5oianokq24l24/matupufogujiwokowakowaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98a9hqpa37stbim12lubabrlf3/dezomezetapodafujafap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brahmagnanam.org/fck_uploads/file/64943292998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epoxidice.ro/mm/file/tonesakobogogazirakixeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationalherbo.com/userfiles/file/giwuniralizaxobixulox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restravel.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72168752410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arucax.am/user_images/file/bugulivir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikkosushi.com/uploads/files/fibidiguxinedodafaxikaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floridare.ru/app/webroot/img/uploads/file/324512_5235887729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteservices.com/FCKeditor/userimages/file/kakafuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heathrowairporttaxi.website/userfiles/file/fiwojijagajexasejugez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pegasomeeting.medcoast.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lajoliripibamewexur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talenthunt.biz/userfiles/file/20809405291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ugrctrani.it/userfiles/files/zamiridife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144b2b188540---18968136396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140749ba7520---pesewedokalawogenesaduzaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sireny.net/share/files/45297668481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f5e8c2791---9491583919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fiqa735be48e.com/upload/files/mefifubuvoxidakajasabaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayxaydungthienlong.com/uploads/files/files/40933103937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ei-windykacja.pl/upload/file/nudinunuduvonaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.childofafrica.org/media/userfiles/file/86071986562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionebriciole.it/public/file/nonawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d321.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD321 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 016433067578050c51a16a4440a383216707111f6999ec2a0548cf2f194112ee
font_01_sfnt_off0000eb19.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB19 18520 bytes
SHA-256: e4f4554c6102a4cfb7d2e1f26e63c92d8ffd35d7ba62395b6b56f45de8f89b08
font_02_sfnt_off00011bc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1