Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47480c13277e0726…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-07-31 16:38:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 7777c5f5fb18b5f71fa8ee30d4e0d4d2 SHA-1: caad4c99394589394208bd7f3e6249113fd51149 SHA-256: 47480c13277e072665af343779c63b2f96e20c122e831a184315012842aedcf2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f16b12fd4---4099332557.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://findmecakes.com/userfiles/files/8856829210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c100fd8e46042c16fe7771bf8ca8a167/78802125371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotusromeo.fr/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/44288162352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dc23202795---39768964189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3e6ef5200ca621f6ad6b9111f353e4b/gemitawaruwenagize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kco.su/userfiles/file/tonobadal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b36b1bfdeb---xibusoletotifuxulozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fecirturizm.com/resimler/files/56499386865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098421253c83---zapikinopeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanxuantravel.com/upload/files/rilibugeribigemojux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cou9pouq905ov9ku94qs0jkps2/37104273650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlafilm.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/pedutamigifebelubemuxizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/90982636405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinside.pl/userfiles/file/7748797240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e40a7931d7---vakajukuwuwadut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prestinireedcorp.com/userfiles/files/85599611301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac8e468d1ae---nuzixegovilemedumak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscsaoner.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fiwijuxopoxozesepud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandinspirations.com/clients/75274/File/3670093257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carriewoodfamily.com/clients/5/5b/5b9f2fb360c4065436fb7fe1267c3612/File/30525360316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160807bab67265---gorasup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/nubamotuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romengo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58850966272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=clinical+laboratory+science+review+a+bottom+line+approach+6th+edition+pdfPDF 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_off0000c15e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC15E 16292 bytes
SHA-256: 946c9e38e4bbceaa186cae73428547e295ba55979a2dde271ca7919341ce42a4
font_01_sfnt_off0000eba4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBA4 11488 bytes
SHA-256: ac0f1879fe54a9e1b2adb0bd1c52a916d0676c9dd8bc829b30e470babc282249
font_02_sfnt_off0001068c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1068C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1