Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c33e452b3e42a54d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.7 KB Created: 2021-07-09 04:50:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: ebdf0d2c8a0ba59bf3480dc95504ab65 SHA-1: 8a9087a568f608881ecf5988e0087a1fa39fba09 SHA-256: c33e452b3e42a54d56b82ab625d2fa9190e8cbfef5636a99389326676ac6aa0e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites. This suggests the document is designed to lure users to malicious websites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ielts+writing+academic+task+2+samples PDF link annotation
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608382726d956---97491377878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c91c9c640b6---mekexagoluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5372c67aeb3b5cb8b05ac08357cdc7e0/47801598317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075922791b1a---40369446913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innospectrum.eu/hirlevel/file/mipejajan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qc66aht6i8mmh0gn8smsaqde54/70595011315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yepsell.com/userfiles/files/27637614123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investin-khj.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/peririzagagexaxisakexose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d42ce09d868---leralelajekulagelotelabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fca9402a3d---65805706489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dahchen.tw/userfiles/file/dujenikew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/zasolatipekevizozorigalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/livotavun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efnfilvgg412d8r8c04mu6qdtc/rekumuneji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0029b78d49adff5bba8481651ea673c4/gisurinodibegelukagij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psystems.gr/Administrator/uploads/userpics/OutPostImages/files/tikisuwovusutoruje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uik6hv7r149oi5773jfrass3mt/milumebokuwelizipojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrs-edu.com/sribati/editor/uploadfiles/wojituzuvanobikinilabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.de/img/upload/file/67156679492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32c8d6a8ba---36226899578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607396360a501---biwogufesugalaretevuxesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfcfee566f---sezenumojaziwomopuzunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/juxamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://needychild.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xodugiloxaletejukixabi.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_off00013bac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BAC 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 6081e558096e8255bcf97e9b69491c36d9fa979a462abb5248c74d2c96efe9b5
font_01_sfnt_off00015511.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15511 18476 bytes
SHA-256: 65830464577f7772f4111b4f5f13aa74e88baa59653037389426061a91116f2e
font_02_sfnt_off000183d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x183D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1