Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b33c58f476a5468b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 14:55:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ee8a0f983cc3742fa510d50d1eb402ab SHA-1: a1dd708e2476f81761c3fa7186a6f7500f802150 SHA-256: b33c58f476a5468b667e51c705e0eb5c649dd47717ec41f416348ea7d3a3094b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to PDF files hosted on compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the embedded URLs and the heuristic firings point towards a malicious document delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://yuh-tarng.com/userfiles/file/7774547392.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://asiquim.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zudaxidab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorinhawear.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/jilumog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africanhairbraidingsalon.com/userfiles/file/betimuditidus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fredericjean.net/oplusco/file/dixusisoranizemusesibed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.djluk.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7kajn7gnf1a5vlesng4umu2hmq/51906985895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c65a073de1562ef54b160935b7ded881/26080805800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58917e7c93b0f26b30407cca9f8d3261/patogikideditefedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ecc6ebb98---84023853126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079baa070a71---3769020423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ff0e5cee6---miselezowefadabulikat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelmitrutarija.com/uploaded/files/pudegenepawutedowiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/14095465914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteotels.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/18734766342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://underworldgear.com/upload/users/files/88616214964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secohthailand.com/file_media/file_image/file/59758274183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instalace-charvat.cz/userfiles/file/milumejorovokulezar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.180.103/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50317832659.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbf9a3172e---55831479559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvetesopo.eu/userfiles/files/27582325126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wagnerpc.com/userfiles/files/6814555559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svatba-emi.com/uploads/pages/files/govazilotazapogiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=general+scientific+laws+in+physics+for+tnpsc+in+english+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c945.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC945 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e156.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE156 16872 bytes
SHA-256: 8f6834651b868d201c4141c91883c5532097960ba26a61a70ffdaaa20bbbdff6
font_02_sfnt_off0000f9a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9A4 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 450f6002d97615d440a66a4b2903878a7cc1e409a1d2026781a31df5f366db91
font_03_sfnt_off0001137a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1137A 21900 bytes
SHA-256: 60bb6d7540cd66e2092465a1c0d91155fbbbe3fa97c2383d40a85c3e1bd0179b