Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 047f936be851feaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-07-28 04:45:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 429bd6409064187da75cb71edf713774 SHA-1: a185f439aa8cd0fdd476b167ca4c4a083d909d52 SHA-256: 047f936be851feaf41afa5b641b48eb5a54bab66856901eec83640af4c0fbaf6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting a phishing or content-hosting lure. The embedded URLs, such as http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701c3ea74f7---zanekojepurezufokiwu.pdf, are likely used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701c3ea74f7---zanekojepurezufokiwu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a05a6533000---24778119670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b87326551ae---jibijusakilebatuxapeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-1/20210601234259708453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mexico-airport-transfers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55834357042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxloanchien.com/style/postimage/file/dozitamudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnhhgj.com/upfiles/userfiles/file/nufitupezazijipesum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denis-lefebvre-services.com/fichiers/file/zusamewafigasidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drironcat.com/images/file/48996167637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g3rqom7usugdniko385gd411b6/8101795676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodslib.com/userfiles/files/muramirigozekes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surrattsville69.com/clients/8/81/8122276c22396d7fa0996010cc369f50/File/13024203427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/jidedavadakarowixekus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/432dd3881ca803796ae8301311c6584e/velosibipekurovutukib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf94a16910f---rezawibejudofasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1fllt5tko3hor1dqm3csb5moe/xipobig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://workinhotel.com/upload/fckfile/68286995880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2911ee3f44---59035108447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751c580b109---36601871405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://losmarinoslanzarote.com/marinarubicon/admin/file/netejuvixuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schodylux.pl/userfiles/file/wanutebejuzifalekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/32645064926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=new+ohio+driver%27s+licensePDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6af07b317a96a26dc6db52c186704c7e/nituki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e220.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE220 16656 bytes
SHA-256: 1b24a996b328fa0a3d79475d2238a35048c3e47e709da2baeba279a70729ee98
font_01_sfnt_off00010d7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D7B 10372 bytes
SHA-256: 40b1d9886fc1a4f66a2e523b72595fc5b158d0f6960f51db826234c162328383
font_02_sfnt_off000124e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124E9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1