Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d33fa5e6612413ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-13 10:08:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 03236f680f82146ad8ea702d0f8f7941 SHA-1: 87d307362a68b25e0b3f64794f6d55a60334b251 SHA-256: d33fa5e6612413ef257f8bb54347c02c10c76faf77b126e504af48d83e922fe3
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute further payloads or conduct phishing. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/76597512387.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/lipavawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xuanhongkhang.com/upload/files/38616116358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbjarrahi.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/dotulotubisijixawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137523112b7a---vakodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phutunggiahungoto.com/uploads/files/kizotujamobuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariopisillibertozzi.eu/userfiles/files/bubovareximemuwenisewasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eae98419e4faec2182d2ff7a6415ed55/65452188491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://korovin.org/site/img_ufiles/3288542117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2eb9e470c042725c6b2e68c9f5273a0/lopopisujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hladonural.ru/upload_picture/mojirazawage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pepinieres-soupe.com/userfiles/file/lodakorajibuguwaxuxaren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnyuanzong.com/uploads/files/20210906202040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0851.com/userfiles/file/20210904130911_1hg3gd.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/torumufexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satit.nrru.ac.th/satit/_Adminis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gumabasivebaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekreativecompany.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/veposojivipemanapepamixud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c226e98c1b---woboture.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhouzhuanx.com/v15/Upload/file/2021911548299665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlsxjy.com/right/UploadFile/file///2021090500205473499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silatur.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gageluledolupafelubomixok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://h16hr15k-h19hr37urn.com/contents/files/bojej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5f371f570d4e5999a2c5bdcdc875fb2/navexeterilexafijake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-freight.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77143093803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jerseybankruptcylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/60749851474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rustproofingottawa.com/userfiles/file/46834568500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=spirits+bloom+comic+read+onlinePDF 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_off0000d063.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD063 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 3006ce40ab66c8408c9cb9f1112d43e2dc18030b6fb100414c398ef8ed12b5f5
font_01_sfnt_off0000e946.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE946 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010158.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10158 17108 bytes
SHA-256: 5ccb294d73c78f2d609883862fb56f5595123333b63f50cad8e4f77d0bd4a4a4