Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 247ad042a1518da1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 15:36:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: f90c6ef594124e986f09b59565bc4789 SHA-1: 1f02e999545ba7e23186608a4edebceee42f3784 SHA-256: 247ad042a1518da1392db77a43cafd18c8c237ea0d40cb1b493c6fe5c323d239
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised and disposable hosting sites, some of which are disguised as file downloads. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://tokyoto.pl/UserFiles/file/69738291641.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a7f06289c8---tevoridexigirutux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bretagne.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/duzuwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duocmyphamcongty.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/towateril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rebifovagewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettrungson.com/media/Files/65662173073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderleesushi.com/uploads/files/makogeditorisobuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hermanosgolbano.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/phpfile/77109449170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anneadamslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/45979322717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faresaldabbous.com/uploads/files/500798243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbezcba9a5aggb3j.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10666152517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vladekoservis.ru/files/fuwerajovolojevusakigegul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hocaukhudothithanhphogiaoluu.com/asset/site/files/bifiwuxalenojuparogonup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asclyziarskyklub.sk/userfiles/file/86268783093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenmodels.ru/uploads/files/nanokede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138a5859bfe5---29325917369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ndt-tl.ru/upload/file/66004319147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nycsmindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95934626968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f8b9bda486---gowemojejurametomav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocommercialedelpiano.it/userfiles/files/62928394429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa4e406561fd13cd22d8ddc457bc3283/fatimabapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b42e938225557009d925c838dc9b1039/gevifobemuxugewefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/rejekiwejopoleroxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.db-ynox.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76505379883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/rupifadisojoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f466c8b47---tizeduweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=download+videobuddy+apkPDF 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_off0000c858.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC858 18392 bytes
SHA-256: 2313a2859eeeabe33745719bb134bc1b7c37b0765c270ac5f4c91a96c1de2250
font_01_sfnt_off0000f830.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF830 10616 bytes
SHA-256: d893f5193a9de48643b8d1b46ca17486b3b3a51c010e0d41daa0c04bdf4cea25
font_02_sfnt_off00011051.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11051 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1