Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d33b1c933dc8aeb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-29 09:04:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8a0d5960176f93c5a9a13a42d78c5744 SHA-1: b4b47353f9d5cd777b5104f6a802ba308c42c0d8 SHA-256: d33b1c933dc8aeb1fd0c948f548b71645885e2a9fde0e3165a3f85c8a5831bd6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links appear to form a link farm designed to redirect users to download files, as indicated by the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download process, contributing to a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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://nieruchomosciprzetargi.pl/files/file/77343973886.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cs-nippon-cp.com/mailmagazine/upload/files/49647915152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drisraadentalcenter.com/userfiles/file/tulavelafufeguxanetafex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f283f7fcd1a66ff1d66a72d7265feec7/pazisajebatakatusek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hainutedecopii.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65882618503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkapla.com/upload/ckfinder/files/96843533515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asea-admin.com/_userfiles/file/20210925130712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holdemigny.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuvomenogefuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/tulifisube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarpaket.ru/userfiles/file/47776718575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cooperadora.grupocreartel.com/documentos/archivos/18830602400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakloboucku.cz/uploaded/file/17935858837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd4f7056cc8f46fff680a2f5e0b95334/witubajejugufid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leeclinic.kr/userData/board/file/145874093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karinameal.ru/imgdish/files/72310047550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transbur.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61030365874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chablis-gautherin.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuzepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerproductionline.com/d/files/zimopidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinawin-consult.com/userfiles/batefulexoruriduxedozun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgssu.com/upfolder/e/files/20210922031918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nitecoreromania.ro/files/file/61298285129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geologocarmignani.com/userfiles/files/ropad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ig-einheitsloks.de/medien/file/44421775130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanoihome.net/img_duhoc/files/37635881779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dcc984866a---dukidofozewutefojaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linlinline.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14753005494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pokemom2.com/uploads/files/rofixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=ludo+king+new+version+mod+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000b6de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB6DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cef0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEF0 16168 bytes
SHA-256: 14bc2fa51e868ba4f23bf397d45e616c8d1b492ad048c45c48431b4c38a37658
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7C0 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 0d853de2867a869ce66e2e785a31d2b3b0e13d5e01d66fe406bdcdbe493741e9