Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c47d576dadba8b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-07-17 01:30:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 282007b567e085c47902bd985f80ce4a SHA-1: d0126e7ce8292787bfb45da38e1e12b1cc360abc SHA-256: 3c47d576dadba8b6a0f762847edcef203c41293213726f71c0fa269e6418992d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable domains, a common tactic for phishing or distributing further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or a trojan downloader. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure itself is the primary attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://pnktools-th.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kivok.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21842f1cac4032c60532a9f2693996e4/69864002860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarchperissinotto.eu/userfiles/files/99309312358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5307a7ce7997f72a9eeb340a4c1687c5/32130455100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-18/20210518200459482731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matfplayer.com/calisma2/files/uploads/suvamesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaness-sens.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54505999191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/350bd9piskmsrqjke8sa7l6ec6/kuzapakogijupafogor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/bukevopipakab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thechoose.it/file/nebovifevonusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ac10c3035988ed22ccea6e83fab0cb0/lerobawodelulogonenexub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///69849179615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d12b690aac08ecd9a230009182a3c6d4/leludidaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c88c5d79271373a93cbccb4303d70c47/22931138145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sodrex.pl/userfiles/file/japamopepabanodonetonumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aexpress.lv/index/images/up/file/dudogimusot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086db000b5a7---58142230476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0a38fa1dd86aec2f2f967f3dead38fe/kavutododu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fedoro.ru/upload/file/tanalerujonusexebaselolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/mawanazawesomebanuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/60010877586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9246e43a6---virobavez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607019ed1ae5e---jegixovizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellamaris.cz/userfiles/vedusagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inter-travel.hu/_user/file/55119536791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d234727a52d---mumelagirinasariwipek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+send+a+pdf+to+kindle+paperwhitePDF 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_off0000f9c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9C6 18804 bytes
SHA-256: 8d5e5a27b64c73ed6ae205469578415161a6a7100b0dfe78e6fd92186f2674e3
font_01_sfnt_off00012b06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001431d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1431D 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 7d92a2503bf1b6c471a9a3626ae0026cfe6085708f94fd05b49129200c2b9f6d