Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47090005623239ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:51:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 9a8592d00fe60a1f9388b3c6fc5d49c1 SHA-1: 95adef28b04fdcbe192533b56212ac932a6526ad SHA-256: 47090005623239ec66f801e4ec89246110e923df888e236e47493a78dba016f8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or are part of a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or directing users to malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests a tactic to artificially boost search engine rankings for malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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 http://imobiliariaimperio.com/files/files/malaxajumitojutaf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kozelskadm.ru/files/uploads/files/29066036275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessium.fr/userfiles/file/31109984135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wittzumstegfamilyreunion.com/clients/e/e5/e56c03c63d8c9260b12fda9e5e6a3df6/File/kufuwobudasubak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--om2b25zm6igqb.com/ckupload/files/fokopodaxuzekilajaluzedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097785c48456---bimone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicscrm.com/img/files/fuxonavupix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160828d3199a7d---7490782041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611aec2c264fa---zevegajoxoduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84623384091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62254ae5bf13a140b412e9753eac54c7/37354947668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichtantai.com/files/uploaded/files/7505369400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5de43cc34e---99202345158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suadienlanhhanoi.net/upload/files/retupigivaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2e683d265de0d5e8ecbb92d44c3dedd/xoronixefizajenitogese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abisspaandboutique.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/95841027776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afc4c3b93cc13d7aaaa1362c744851a4/tutatow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nevisnews.com/userfiles/rexerofamakipirunisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/345614953b0b52ea9d52a7643be0587e/talulopazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/rozusafulikexiwuxuwama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609833679d07e---47064430439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dynasty888.com/image/files/20210622_045130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reszke.pl/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/file/98854378124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607077776db32---1040643357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.como-grup.ro/fisiere/file/mefafijubenavumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladue62.com/clients/2/2d/2d0487a90c18d3a1b3df44839405a665/File/firujumaxajukidafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=precision+5510+service+manualPDF 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_off0000c2a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC2A4 10768 bytes
SHA-256: e98a7666f22704dee0896d86332e972abaccda6f202ba8ebb17dc9c3b6d9291e
font_01_sfnt_off0000db85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB85 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f397.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF397 17136 bytes
SHA-256: 762fdeb9d5b000fac99e233634f9d02d7b834be9598521bc83aee9d34c493360