Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e33849557204f42a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-30 02:19:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 093cabc172ebc48d3f99d46c737d49db SHA-1: 5110c6ee08fc3dbe10413a3bd8ab14447cc15db7 SHA-256: e33849557204f42ab9d7502986694ce4c2899176684adf03aed1598cd9ee327a
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and a lure for a password-protected archive. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and ClamAV detected it as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The presence of a download button lure and numerous links to potentially malicious PDF files suggests an attempt to trick the user into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://erex.hu/upload/file/97578479898.pdf
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c55769dadb3---98740216411.pdf
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1031ca45205b6670a3f1ce76efd44aa1/durowanutisazamenidomeva.pdf
    • http://hugslock.com/app/webroot/img/files/40861723627.pdf
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c9529d3c8---1120169648.pdf
    • https://bya-ingenieria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/559579711.pdf
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ad3ea95af---61496920791.pdf
    • https://sf-tfi-pgu.uz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1509858925bc571c467fe245c995aa68/wewevijovu.pdf
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5ofi7k77tqfosq2dv50jqibfq/rekororovewivekel.pdf
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd3v0mdleubosiml9da2kjkqrm/28480162580.pdf
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fdc036d1a803f91fad56d706b81adc4/zesekomusegi.pdf
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a46fd590abb---nogolimilaruvapuwine.pdf
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13e90702ce3a7fed77653c66db2a916a/92588170062.pdf
    • https://kimtuong.vn/isc/public/files/fckupload/file/gedosovavegabud.pdf
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c46bbde97e5---67804649646.pdf
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2d5c73efa---47368512831.pdf
    • https://wisestudentz.com/userfiles/file/tirujaminajisepos.pdf
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc1c56dcec92c91648f99574c156f38e/41686570229.pdf
    • http://kapalishakti.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43206360268.pdf
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/67395750442.pdf
    • http://dailygiasi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/28345234023.pdf
    • https://isabellepieman.com/userfiles/file/roxotenaxunewizesemosadab.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=god+of+war+ghost+of+sparta+game+download+for+android+phone
    • https://lapdonline.org/file/82634651129.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f078.bin
5b3c947262022625ef2d4cfb2d0fa10a94f23c97611fd4c7364bfcc62a76ce6a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF078 1732 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8a8.bin
976ebecedf7b5b3168576a05331eae691f24d90c4708ca32f05b6f3d81ac424d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A8 17440 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000125e6.bin
b539a91cde391291e49ed7e695cd497fbb253d1ea579ba994154e1a1827c0c6f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125E6 11068 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00013f61.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F61 16792 bytes