Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f33e3bc3c9aab619…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-07-09 07:41:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 74b12b6b253d69324a1cd47b652723a9 SHA-1: c43bf581e6bc4d44e309a14f9182a919cbcd082c SHA-256: f33e3bc3c9aab61964a125486a804ece1893dabcbf10aeca6bfdcd764548612b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious or compromised sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and the use of UTM parameters further support a link farm attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://meijialx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97507880711.pdf
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609011b83d5bb---92463576921.pdf
    • https://jamurgoreng.net/contents//files/32216288568.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a747e176da0b3b7993c1f61ceb32b176/18400465809.pdf
    • http://tmacfashion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kaguxikower.pdf
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5f72ba8729---dorudonidigalosaxodota.pdf
    • https://camping-du-lac-dijon.com/fichiers/lonujododipogenaleb.pdf
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4al6m1nop5gsnfmd43sipgp8aq/dajezezam.pdf
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4k9u4fr7ni360fqo59vr682eqv/13216472419.pdf
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d6cfc99217---778126733.pdf
    • http://emrc.ie/upload/imagecontent/file/litatesewoxalevexiwo.pdf
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/no5sfsgam6d5dlqao3jl5lbft1/97643385800.pdf
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vboisvqllbnacgm2evshqvrqel/daduwidupuzo.pdf
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850492d7ed4---vimiva.pdf
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9t7e788rnflpkdljjal5sqqv98/19874956716.pdf
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e27d28d08ad---51059438407.pdf
    • https://vinadesigndanang.vn/uploads/image/files/51719118367.pdf
    • http://www.patriarca-batiment.com/ressource/site-image/files/tofilixetuvetonu.pdf
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096463e6b26e---94210629718.pdf
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877df0f013b---korerupejokovuke.pdf
    • http://obasekiestates.com/UserFiles/file/kigenunuzogosoxifujeroxi.pdf
    • https://apskarota.org/userfiles/file/juxigejogadojunokifadis.pdf
    • https://gangwontaxi.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210626_517AAD4863B00F3F.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+pass+by+value+and+pass+by+reference+in+java
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b58e.bin
fe502c8c6e456657e80e5545f8ca6b69999d48b7c6e38c0fff534f8ea1a767b6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB58E 14732 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000daea.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAEA 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f301.bin
1a8f33d765750fc793005e28f2bf207ecef4018a7ee278234e2faefd9c0dba34
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF301 11140 bytes