Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e033e7e2af8f390b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:09:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1b7b9b00726e795b3d68cb33a5c4f3ef SHA-1: dbf97a7b45e92e795f315161f5de3f6954f39eb5 SHA-256: e033e7e2af8f390b1508e022d74b470d9f27aeb860abd430d7935597370dec3c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be non-readable content, suggesting it's not intended for user interaction but rather to host links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://angkortaxiservice.com/userfiles/file/66913055885.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607affcb4a8ac---98742223914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://havefuntogether.com/image/upload/File/39409657482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fdtojtk6h2ct311815qhvr4e6/4720958543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ccd0e804b---2647203724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b269c23ffb3a5f5358507d6a0addf515/48736597477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0nnco6n4qu1th084ujc1r6089g/lonetajesorigewebasotegep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b742c5ee4d---98664325381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mollis.rs//files/87454434033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e288f026ea---bosivazimevukalesefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatngungoisaoxanh.com/upload/files/waguzapunabudizawumumimom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cravaluos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuvijifunaxugadelum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c904574fb---zunezobawekosanalosonaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/67219172258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fp7g6n76d0qhgkbj1a0bmrmrlo/41426135653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607018f7721eb---14372248361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607098e26aa30---rapinegokupemorore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2sf8hkvq140vf89um7b6eegeq6/luribuxonejogosabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muabannhagiare.net/images/uploads/files/2259154073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonitomov.com/picture/file/xijopufitado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/zagagunamipisonulibuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611a098857fae---gevitudajamafudaxelumeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deaprogettazioni.it/userfiles/files/40024987869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=incidencia+y+prevalencia+definicion+pdfPDF 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_off0000ea25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA25 10480 bytes
SHA-256: 268a39effa2c656fa3f32c78df7c6a9c8f039f71be3fadf23e4f3ceee234006b
font_01_sfnt_off0001020b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1020B 19152 bytes
SHA-256: e7baf95f007b6853e4887a1159e845373205ad2f125d25f16289ad974eb8329c
font_02_sfnt_off00013323.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13323 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1