Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47473031c8fd38dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-21 02:18:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 77f265fa479fe2e675f42673887e2999 SHA-1: 10b1afc05082fa0a218c3da79b8498bb6f1869ef SHA-256: 47473031c8fd38ddb8106cb563c708e0b77bb7238b42e93d1e61c37ff2dbe4a4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised or disposable domains, indicative of a link farm designed to obscure malicious destinations. The 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' heuristics strongly suggest malicious intent, specifically phishing. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of a link farm and the overall structure suggest an attempt to lure users to external malicious content, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://www.cerel.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/jugupazuvosakuvewudeze.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kabulokuvopibob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161462ce3134e5---gojasorapopisuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hulstcustoms.ru/uploads/files/59937477613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dytac.hk/userfiles/99994341759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139c53629ac2---31175501932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyqjsj.com/UploadFile/file/20210919202103683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsmnowakowski.pl/userfiles/file/subekezugifikazegavug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelofthewinds.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20305823637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/kojosukofuluxavikumevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98c30b95695710cad8d4b3a32ad551f7/97486381409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarvodayasamaj.uk/upload/files/38079952623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/morodepudaxome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.net/images/userfiles/file/sujetufof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://besttailor.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuluxojasipagegekazibeka.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://hssanesteban.cl/files/98937694067.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161419afce9e62---93529057303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilpetrol.olajpark.hu/files/files/64060810396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rspon.pl/images/wyswig_images/file/24698946046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voziky-paletove.cz/mctree.cz/pictures/other/files/waxaxamutupomukotunom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusheng168.com/uploadfiles/20210903064437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ff88d83ebc---67650847077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sichera.eu/userfiles/files/binajuxipavifigeraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcihlar.cz/userfiles/file/jolarev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lee-trading.tw/archive/upload/files/busofabosapagobopatumet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupunsur4.com/contents/files/rojijulovuzudim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidoteIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=alexa+for+android+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_off0000e4f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4F6 10400 bytes
SHA-256: 629df8c8506e8de7c28e80d2af6ee6cd25813634c55ae84bf764240bfca9eb2b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC8B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001149d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1149D 17176 bytes
SHA-256: 52a33133eb3276f1a6546a3a86760d39a956cb67f4e7aa6b7d85ba03b60161a2