Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d33ed19fa10d60e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-07-17 22:27:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 4fc7f055de72f99dda4e0047f4145721 SHA-1: 53d901b5d92d3c35ba7c4651552502cf44269a49 SHA-256: d33ed19fa10d60e3bc6d23a5ea210d47dba5864a61920a5c1aeaa474b4a6ae0f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, with several heuristics indicating a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery through these external URLs. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to facilitate the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6b82e06691---83188279686.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://modellszerviz.hu/userfiles/file/wenuzizatamerowaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliotheque-des-arts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59195038381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spc1991.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lonabesenalinojif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd46db9bed---barudebidivejuxazizir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hojoairport.com/images/file/82315019821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eaac1d8780---dizarukapajafuvodikijet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evermoral.hk/upload/file/1625534928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msamericapageant.com/clients/873634/File/newosiguzebikipapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jevades.com/aircraft/fckimages/file/36758675044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://systematix.pl/userfiles/file/gogizugunerexej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balogmihaly.hu/UserFiles/file/moparugojozugipigozirid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea2133ba968aa398d82752688839608f/niwuroruzukol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/80711711516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/12288587923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dentinale.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c08c43aa0ed450108279cc9d8660a618/luzew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairytaleweddingsandeventsbymary.com/clients/f/f2/f272f95a0afb65faa7304057ec0e56f6/File/lewiperuvef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7290a5685687425d1b3b9d9ed09bf14f/23614571203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ltgtrends.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cb0e2d3929b24f3b8b9750ed5956045/retibisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autopratichesas.it/file/28007526570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877dfb3bdc7---97585208810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04a6a6d6a305a59fa9b337a4f3df0160/60203823551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t5m589li147bifullhijrmucsd/42548095017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e53e594800---26196784434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+convert+mole+fraction+to+mass+percentPDF 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_off0000dcc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCC5 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 3399205ae8eee269e9d60abac448967236b8ce12300292bb77d259ab7b9d454c
font_01_sfnt_off00010b08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B08 10784 bytes
SHA-256: bc88c6ebf07d412e4f978cdf711598e1f9b559a6af79fb1434e2e4992a5c562e
font_02_sfnt_off000123e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1