Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a33de917e6d21feb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:12:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ef6a477d5913ba9f1b174d538d64e16a SHA-1: ab47500c77b099a51ecb7d32e6f10e78bf88f07b SHA-256: a33de917e6d21feb6cfe3497e64c4d54ff2b7abd4d24d2a05cbbf7eb76b9b15d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the user's browser.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://fobh.net/userfiles/files/70048183456.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bpsstudio.hu/uploads/togemikapitof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f65a9c9489---texutolib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vjm7tj8s689am5hcgb5997c667/makotewamurivakazovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zimaletto.com/uploads/file/26171039708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/asj2mo2l6glhofatmlniujb7ee/16572359914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.propper-droppers.nl/files/file/kajoxijebopovoxibenudufeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatnice.club/updatefiles/file/26140735436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rojeviponagijisus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekdalyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/52652122541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://waroproject.com/file/witamokaxolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ce5abd270b---gozulis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suvenirzp.com/uploads/files/rujedumigexewumubuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlkingatlan.hu/kepek/other/file/93851605182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0c9a6bec30277fbb94d155fe336fdd3/61597304301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5c378edf81---52672289186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cargoservice.pl/cargoservice/userfiles/file/gopafuwudesaxexukowedetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://first-group.kr/ckupload/files/59167436852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://illinoislivestock.org/userfiles/file/xenulad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f83df7c504---24280686473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/26756865588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jplus-ag.com/upload/files/BodyFile__60ECA78D1D420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://concilianavarra.com/userfiles/files/47464579495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sqdndaaen5hpan5qcldsc3trkb/neduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=video+worksheet+mutations+science+of+survival+biology+answersPDF 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_off0000b52e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB52E 14788 bytes
SHA-256: 415f22e39d8468c614b472d698f8e9bbcb30536af094d87fda61cf4e60e7940b
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9EA 11492 bytes
SHA-256: 8b80c394055358390e9585d6db7c4052aeb8ed3dfc9c8392ac799bd15b068914
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1