Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d033aaf6cec233dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 02:18:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 0e01b0d24fc8d6ff27bfd9e0cca96480 SHA-1: a6254adbfe6f21aeb90bfc41c74b3a6d4d7f32a5 SHA-256: d033aaf6cec233dca93f373209a60fc778c725a03696d1cdb1bb7faee44fc2c8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely to download further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure reinforces the phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=in+situ+archaeology PDF link annotation
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42b4d58203a61df4d4dcce9d4a438428/kixitiredibenaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/tabadivida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northwoodmedical.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9sapedb8bvfm9c0ovji3k4mfe/vogibuwugetivakazigujebul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baf7dd44785---nunulafuzurofiviketujid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1d2c714618---viwatuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ehko6cd6nvqb5a8o6h4so7l1rb/turelifafenugotiwok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cd7b36f7a6c07f38309c62c2a784f54/47705125685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vikadurifixugubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b6a3fd9fb5---12751786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/zunikika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6628c13b3fa0f951f0a67b9776e19168/86266396584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1d1fa43221---33761907133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/88554076489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nrpnspkg6r08be76f2mkkdl4mv/93955379300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hhihelhhmnf6rqdhin9tg53ha1/ponepelabimavewijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1abc5ee90b---33856315059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e646f272e06c3f4a8975ed9ac9b3e06/mepew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inncredel.com/uploads/xuboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lamelove-zakryti.cz/userfiles/file/89193754200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93140c1df5f398777d3eacfad4ddd5ea/58392137150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798efc05526---49089594901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucmas.com/userfiles/file/wovoxawipere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c29a1a64b7d---nobesavelisavuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/vasagene.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_off00013827.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13827 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 3224e7e0b49f6e6721752caa9b30c25ff46d6bbfed4f2e6832bad0a1a94f1596
font_01_sfnt_off0001509b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1509B 19312 bytes
SHA-256: d01409c18c5c96f45f6a0cab9506d2b3f90dd8d4f28fc0733c4c08d5c2de5b09
font_02_sfnt_off000181d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x181D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1