Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c33ce98989bdb6f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-08-17 11:44:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1f432d32fd1ad8e3b68b4acdd6513741 SHA-1: 3e5833a750eeb459f521a5146e65ca28e0d54aa0 SHA-256: c33ce98989bdb6f226da65558b97516ca5ff587367a18014ab4d3b5bc6d5139b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or exploit vulnerabilities. The PDF also functions as a link farm, with numerous external URIs pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. This suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or engage in SEO manipulation, likely delivered via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/69544758336.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://schlosshotel-murten.ch/userfiles/files/nifixevusibirunikur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchlink.org/userfiles//file/69847874307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flour.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68090557320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2e6117bf874f70c24c6a3691fe1af99/bikipinuzabede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://my-natural-style.net/upload/files/52075306180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sejp1qnovkfol7aipod51bkqmn/1241266189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/632d70d0f40c417842688bfe444548fe/wajifewepupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngonluathan.com/images/ckeditor/files/beromulovikila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f543e2e428ae9384a7c9a5790fda6c17/fasawidobamibisaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbae075a258---56922992641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakn3aoflleitf3m6a.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/daxanekatifemotaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/tozodutarew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/mogebalegewazovabejezegil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b362e7e575253fbe15a8a06387a59f28/matojasiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maysoi.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/diledibotokerubub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vqcle1f15vjno0rld1mvm0lfc1/29460633934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songod.vn/uploads/image/files/35890401575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://picinterior.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fusirijinigomuveriw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pearproperties.in/userfiles/file/99558520761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahxxzx.com/userfiles/202105/file/vosiwomurugupidaropowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2c58e8c9ffee76ece79265a75a9d611/gosidutemaguzepozano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.creativitaecomunicazione.it/js/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mogive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+discord+bot+musicPDF 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_off0000e72d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE72D 16800 bytes
SHA-256: bf78e4d30b2aa0358a3ebdcebbe760f908734201374e1e1d3648c8b2aca15078
font_01_sfnt_off00011318.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11318 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B2F 10404 bytes
SHA-256: 64a8e73e0e5947346464800ff2fd2051192e15c2d9f5870be81b378e497ef4e8