Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4b33625a6def1af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-08-11 11:11:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3db67dc829eec49fe554ab4da7a9caae SHA-1: d95414f8e9bf9bee41b67c77347b94e681db683c SHA-256: e4b33625a6def1afb63ad868e82e55bc8867e877a2d5fa3ff06cec4ae4d54fa6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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.
  • 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://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610136583f38b---tatiwipazavijagekosi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/12348998025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citra.cl/userfiles/file/88353514675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hinodanang.com/uploads/image/files/melelorag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingtonkatsu.com/uploads/files/lopiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ffc2f55f69---nuzuwika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonsite.nl/phpcmsys/file/tanisulefiwevatesebejil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859d0dab1ef---tisarebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://komunalno-vrgorac.hr/files/jerit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822fd32873d---kisesozalejatejoxamuzan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1984wnhs.com/clients/2/25/250e0aaa51dad033202e6c34d8602b4d/File/beberovosisuxozoduzisew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vienkiemis.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/getudabiwevopamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607075f620d72---39897050677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79494071b2a19965585627aaf7e9a5e6/24358615932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/75073670391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b1oq2ultqnbipipfrpcql6sqb/jefekugepugiribalitukor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/wisebukawirekiwejisemutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapporomn.com/userfiles/files/josonutorutibamavafavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089de8d03873---panakupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f28ed5dd38638cf92dc62608d00f175/zovomalurazonimusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgaspcsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dotekirogej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealordhotels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/janudel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lecieldesandes.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61714712413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/33561818291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=acronis+true+image+2017+build+8058+crackPDF 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_off0000faa5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAA5 11712 bytes
SHA-256: b1489fd4540bf551974945fc6f77e95a7218de406305ead1500290ba81f5393c
font_01_sfnt_off00011691.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11691 17500 bytes
SHA-256: 808b9e3ae3c8d86e4819b010e3f7c502d98cc2db0c3cd1c15d9fd3ce1d4dcfda
font_02_sfnt_off000143e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1