Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 047fd427ce7f0556…

MALICIOUS

PDF

143.0 KB Created: 2021-08-15 09:20:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c6d1b0891f00a914213296762a8a4a02 SHA-1: 7097b7d4e392d2e2a1ad64bee3de549595d37814 SHA-256: 047fd427ce7f05560369409c31418c404e0592b05a5c263fd78dfb9d7c80e770
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is used to host these malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=whirlpool+duet+steam+washer+installation+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://eca.or.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34363870288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9b66758ab8---60878069531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nexxosrealty.com/userfiles/files/97801767307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/xulifabozokaxaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pagyesa.org/userfiles/file/20210730050549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ymmicro.com/files/files/vonododu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/50273932737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventechsite.com/files/files/rikoxobiwazozuvupep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988b8a907a1---73263525930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/zanevigaguxefinex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077aeca0f3a9---wevajugoloxedaroligebijak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106b5b4ed090---73818215012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/riubq96jo7uqv4jlvj9r6pupb4/kutenutizufevikuvokenop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avstralianature.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35600649156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085647c9f614---99004476168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/49697522730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d32586304---97706915382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40502823026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9n2bn9mz3aba29g44r4o0a.kr/fckeditor/userfiles/image/jajanigaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairview68.org/clients/c/ca/ca24e3df3ff7fa9b839de6c08aba9959/File/71746878173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cafesezony.ru/fck_editor_files/files/80791519278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eubeer.vn/uploads/files/17671597628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809a410680f---vabobid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/470b18014d5841393e68647f481b6a85/tupozojovotebar.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_off0001c8bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1C8BB 10836 bytes
SHA-256: 3ee7109716367493f3044c90ffee61f9ee3064dce1b0c5d3e3a8a532866570fd
font_01_sfnt_off0001e19d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E19D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001f9af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F9AF 20240 bytes
SHA-256: cd139ee80f92ad0da393adab25521073af964b45d82ed3531601c38bf191b447