Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 473f7e4e76e3b09e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-08-14 10:02:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 2b69a0f986e667bb814f2f904a7e7e4f SHA-1: f05645b9e7da6c9e107ff311c6dae52b114f10a5 SHA-256: 473f7e4e76e3b09e3ab1d73b17b878d90c395e9cec5b63b04bb91fa4464cdc05
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are consistent with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+top+up+the+new+contactless+nets+cashcard PDF link annotation
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4195b7df1e78528195fa4375fc064eb/gikanifefipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocinofilomarsalese.com/userfiles/files/91938625783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoodwierty.pl/files/file/boxajamazit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a78b11844c1706cb130e5168fda646b/ludupuxizubupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ee8f69f30---9318871547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72d1c57db16b37559feb7d482dc082fa/64100055058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c01192ddc49---71979634138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dbf6d0ab69---61235597975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/kanalob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/47992102987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a9bc8601f7f3f863ace57f12619ba39/sodilokewawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96e1kdo7m5qc35727q9uk2vqvd/timamafelum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/8914110655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737e70bc7cc---86107202471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nexidia.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de860d6ac8e0baff9381ca66069721d2/6367475161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc78222025---92482861603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktasmatbaacilik.com/resimlerfiles/pugukidojimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vattucongtrinh.com/userfiles/file/petofopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e44e33f3578---dizujofapikokigireredafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igescanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2354375664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://besttailor.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17402747476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watdoenwevandaag.nl/upload/45306371531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xedaptheduc.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/xupitodivijir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srutimusic.org/userfiles/file/60247948767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/irrqh1k8ie2i7esl6uaupuavg8/87676577269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e5e728f13300cb1169696cf47d920b8/1597806027.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_off00010281.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10281 17816 bytes
SHA-256: 69f113826c4617dd2fe8587dd82ce93ff6b797a31dc2ff17137bbc73dc66646f
font_01_sfnt_off00013190.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13190 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 50d9620a985ea1385dcecc327cbc0493de16ef8c5b69533f49670bc2ea91ce5d
font_02_sfnt_off00014a1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1