Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e033f3637bf246c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-07-19 04:45:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 35643be8ecce98b4844fa4d564ffdd4e SHA-1: f0cc13480c89a5ded715baad17d821dc7937cc26 SHA-256: e033f3637bf246c2d15766bc15010513507d912a58408f27828c9b2752fd8393
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through a link farm. The presence of JavaScript suggests potential for further exploitation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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 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 https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/57292190779.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bscartridge.com/pic/xosizixagijebolatubejelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/xelukemuluxapav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcoolassistance-creuse.net/www/site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71525008900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/57865379610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lab4050.com/upload/editor/file/7705597202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitanova-cattery.com/upload/file/29915451731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e78d166a7c---navanulageje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/lunajedujogafawibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamatudarbai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xisosizotereputivom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rspon.pl/images/wyswig_images/file/2924131918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mispuntossaga.com/campannas/file/niraxijumesudalub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d309465770---mojikomujegeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b680964856c488e18e18a87a861cf874/66411816541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d30f60398a---tomaxerobaloni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archimax.ch/dynamic-images/cms/file/tafapes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slbreakingnews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/simimizorogokotapezepabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/91821023968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0e4db4e4b5c095e68239fb9171740f8/2308140189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724492536d3---95980795554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e640cdd27---79340888946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=eco+treat+waste+digesterPDF 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_off000100ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100AE 17352 bytes
SHA-256: f9a4e6f5666c24e0928cb3d71e1e7c2f51265bed9e4d6db72a23328d5a80a2e6
font_01_sfnt_off00012e12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E12 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 3d2467564229d3589441d806616342ae7f49d5c550bfe2f71dfd397f2bad10a3
font_02_sfnt_off000145d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145D6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1