Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d47e8b2636f2178…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 11:57:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: fbbb904f6241b45c0034a9c510a23805 SHA-1: 82e11be501f981e6480fb386fe29d9ee8c7472d9 SHA-256: 3d47e8b2636f2178cb29c88adfecdacb1c84d5a1ddb35aba80276d4bbb89bca9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which are identified as compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://fajanav.com/aym_image/files/fonajesijunumasigawa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48eec838a7---raribigerolovitix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guapa2.com/admin/fck/file/53500821825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bcd6906ed0---xevugaranu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/309895054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b22e95385d---86683749910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prttour.ca/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210616_D5163AD0B885B214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laptopplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/zidupobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c48b41d4b17---44947936339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801a1fcd5b2---25930888322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0a261e5e9a---79637955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7508ea2b9---garikezibiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49e8b8e72e---48910592727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e7f3c6f25---26130108423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lncxjzxxw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-18/20210518184725239008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/coktrmj1tjnsntnjpuiftq7m10/petareloririranugemeloxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2ddb042012---jusuraburikiregip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ec985b4f1b66362ec260b07a38dbd4c/koninizuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ukrainski-rosyjski.pl/userfiles/file/2732399832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wulf-sanitaer.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5us43vn7cfq114r7407a7mmqsc/jatuvevalopaxaseju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075dc9b71baa---xumowotoseramerukoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mangonebike.com/uploads/file/puwowowazisob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/gagupodeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g2ni0sch0eobv1phvbpgtvgb6a/863429858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=a5+book+cover+mockupPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000efc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFC9 10380 bytes
SHA-256: 2515f59330d021c2d578261ef63d034d9f21c3b43bc3fafb7497852f06690580
font_01_sfnt_off00010721.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10721 16140 bytes
SHA-256: 00b1f632e8afe72716c8bcdb76b7901b56c060d1dc0f96f3f5c1b8373b85735b
font_02_sfnt_off00011c99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C99 16644 bytes
SHA-256: 8f829ce267bc9a7edf42fef7bbd837c25f547de7e9a43eec6540c6e06ed31cf8
font_03_sfnt_off000147ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x147AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1