Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 047fe85c31252c6c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

125.9 KB Created: 2021-08-05 06:11:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 0485b4cfd5631bc63886a604908547b5 SHA-1: cce7ba27129c3f1ea39f43a5c7d1a360a671c44d SHA-256: 047fe85c31252c6c18ca6a2fb9c933207c5ff51accb0097b7b3d53321f134fb9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to exploiting users via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=libro+ciencias+2+f%C3%ADsica+secundaria+santillana+pdf+2019 PDF link annotation
    • http://wf515345.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/jinuwugabesosibuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11efb0260720c28112f4260806c2347c/wifubipukevabalokuwokame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/81384526808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb3b47a9e1d---noweterimevetimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/239b87b92e5f648c3a318ad8c2c90ee0/dadezatovelozod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dringraldi.com/clients/7/73/73ccc230e5ee2b020474e4a43bcd07af/File/59485680901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioterapiazabiegi.pl/obrazy/file/fexuzukisurazifidab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608169b0f10bf---43843948549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc8ee4a994---29311007639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lideparts.com/userfiles/file/1620851670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161004b3ad80a2---7385087749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brucemsmithlaw.com/clients/e/e2/e252bfde01ef004f685a9648d307a4b9/File/19016402141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinisfarm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94aa93e9693dd5a662a7d59a239429c7/lifulobipafajulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paitoonbox.com/userfiles/files/sorumafekejem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pfgpartners.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a33c2f3ffc2---xexexuresifitazuruzete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/gojakekolasusos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thunderstar.cn/userfiles/file/20210502200153495328055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10d1acfacec0388896a4cfe96dfb2544/nogexadamuvido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.finanzanlagen-honorarberatung.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16109ce2e4614c---zoxojiseroto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160eca42c3b75b---89835870755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.doctor-carpet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hihfb5s1ajsi6np0j9c3sqgtu2/2393963258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inventory-acepipe.com/images/uploads/files/84954847219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://textingrights.com/userfiles/files/bewisubuzalarobivisep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d97857bdfc3fefbd7a760484605d5a34/gexukajonuvarek.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_off00018555.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18555 11332 bytes
SHA-256: 753218e508732f6504e6a0f0ba0ed78d45a2c77727504d54e457bf9f61b66655
font_01_sfnt_off00019fe8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19FE8 18444 bytes
SHA-256: c557785272eab6dcd50a494951c47130fcfc2f0345c70570c3a45ed12dfa0cb1
font_02_sfnt_off0001ce3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CE3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1