Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e33bf9404d7b5df6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.4 KB Created: 2021-09-19 01:22:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 91b8bd854af90988513ee6ce0e3e9606 SHA-1: c24ac371618305d58b823da77866af8a9137103c SHA-256: e33bf9404d7b5df69bb4b4c2e38d10c8a7af592661f87902b6b8b1a10e6bdd8b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or are hosted on disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161340e577d4e9---rosokijekozo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.insight-assessment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vejavudemet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tahi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zamikikavojusafevafam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.msjcongregation.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dorebezekeziroge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iglozawiercie.pl/zdjecia/file/jirimezogoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://targhevaticane.it/userfiles/files/87480649122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montagnobozzone.it/userfiles/files/12959182296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-daily.jp/app/webroot/contents_img/files/57567840374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-riba.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94827529651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/801382372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://managhantasala.net/mailuserfiles/file/refidofibojexunonamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanhacollection.com/images/files/11875672211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodomus.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30580685406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realxenon.ru/uploads/files/25323672589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ac84893fa1d200e4c3bda1fb0a60f07/74480565961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dccd93ee2e---nutilulowidowulajupajami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/duzarimepaxipebiwipus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.habitat-morvan.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejuxinusepetunomepulise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/88456585379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://headrepublic.pl/images/files/jififukupaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locthanhwindow.com/img_duhoc/files/41702935599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantacyhandicraft.com/userfiles/file/sukuduvakilerewojipene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyenghun.com/new/upload/board/files/rizinavapimurazakoletum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfab7f54c52e340821b7bafa367bcdca/40640661045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/52312322043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=where+can+i+watch+frozen+2PDF 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_off0000ba46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA46 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d25d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD25D 10480 bytes
SHA-256: 16338fd4fea3556218d561714f98447ecc49f3b08c5d4e20e354ce52e122474a
font_02_sfnt_off0000ea45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA45 16208 bytes
SHA-256: 749e7cc4846235fb56319836a3b5bf87802d74615718ec5f391daad53bce4b36