Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d33bd882100b50ca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

146.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 21:03:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e4e5ef4c15b82e00f5c7a67edd0a5565 SHA-1: 8098a004263d6c4e267000a972fa6411ca7ad4fc SHA-256: d33bd882100b50cafd975ae55ebc1df129467f855984b3851b1d7052f2a6a78b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a link farm with numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and UTM parameters suggests an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination or track user engagement.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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=the+leftovers+series+1
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/mirixepagado.pdf
    • https://www.zulilighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e75e733217dce21f6e83603ce45e0559/nozojamusojojekapir.pdf
    • http://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/8036184883.pdf
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vjugk4a885r3tbtf9hl2hvkua0/mixes.pdf
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bda9e01a39d---36408121890.pdf
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ft7nnfg4co6punuenh9pbhmh3n/vemokarigoxeb.pdf
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e1d24b3d04---95310967939.pdf
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a81349100---36167189620.pdf
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dd44263c47---55207003376.pdf
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aafce0f8a2d48cebb1dbd27d5ac1073c/81345726985.pdf
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d41b7497d---kimunabiwuk.pdf
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nhqqfbv3g2h5p8grk2n7668vgg/60168568709.pdf
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b0444ee42d19b92aa5a3fb6ad10dec8/44189372725.pdf
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c27ed280abc---33766412770.pdf
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fca6cb9695c8905434912ad86d8a739f/jatogopuwekukitakugox.pdf
    • https://defaico.com/d/files/77918057631.pdf
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tnl7i6ogjcuqj4ecu0f2ehf185/lipidilolajidavurajaru.pdf
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/biporelexar.pdf
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742844272b9---levadiverogopivuxe.pdf
    • http://zekidilektekstil.com/images_upload/files/laxamokijikufoji.pdf
    • http://ubestsports.com/imager/files/20210625214136.pdf
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d05dcb7e2b78f955419c99f0bbf774c/6657534424.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001d582.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D582 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001ed94.bin
cedc5b143df3f728e1139573220c22de2269b280a4eff2dc37a269093e15ab57
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1ED94 21256 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000222d6.bin
7ee0f3518adc75335d77b75fcbe1b34ddc19047e6cb83771818dd100cc869148
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x222D6 10128 bytes