Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc333ce9aaf6d0dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.1 KB Created: 2021-10-05 15:54:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 29e49a0a7e52e797f8ca7539b6a6c6ff SHA-1: 0c07f359631f44069eaacb84d5949bdf1dd0a6d6 SHA-256: dc333ce9aaf6d0dc3e461ce5ee7b39c4a563c9c03c3a378075080bfeff3186e8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure attempting to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://radekslodkiewicz.pl/files/file/gupusagetugojurixo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://precisao.org/files/files/sotemoremovawidiwinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sfssolution.com/userfiles/file/30616154786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161493c369e54c---40327512382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fiqa735be48e.com/upload/files/gedujubezetawilifimon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pantonerestauri.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90094137026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://888spirits.com/userfiles/file/6477986112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613758365147f---gomitamonupabivugukex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhatngudongkinh.com/upload/ckupload/files/46035912165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aarushimukhwas.idealviews.com/userfiles/files/pagulesiwotafiwujakonuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c90a0145461a5c9693305f1bd090559/43069138121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lt101shop.com/userfiles/files/50459539402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psychophonie-tarbes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dajosesodezavisuridumam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onderdurdu.com/upload/ckfinder/files/95377200392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allier-genealogie.org/File:/fanoxiberetujigufenal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evpersoneli.net/ev-personeli/file/86882207886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc021.com/userfiles/file/20211002164747_nz7vnt.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/zapolixudewedomibigozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10s317.com/uploads/files/202109021822153689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maconlux.ovh/userfiles/files/romewufedorusejoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatrangpalacehotel.com/app/webroot/upload/files/82494446249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c420ddeca5646eee3ed8a8059cb42e5/36130596912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161462015d3eea---vipogiwidetoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmecakes.com/userfiles/files/38109282767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ihotel2b.com/upfiles/editor/files/zoxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=change+icon+to+exePDF 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_off0000b9cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1E2 10328 bytes
SHA-256: bc46e7b7bcfea86c2e7c2a787cc66a2330b3abaff75e575832dfe4f80102d034
font_02_sfnt_off0000e92e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE92E 17692 bytes
SHA-256: 7489553db910abe016860f9d53014be9a0b2a7909e26a3509856d58dd32fe027