Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47873f9c6b4b0d24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 11:50:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 74a131c36d501acacf843ad03e951235 SHA-1: d6126b54c0b3d2237a6d28d63421803072feeb88 SHA-256: 47873f9c6b4b0d240bfb4d1546f92489b12942f40594604774bdab07887dc2ac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF viewer.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://advertisementnepal.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nonobigubezewibowefubix.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cf0896dcbe7577977ffdc1732075900/43115568930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be22d91602c---98386719360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6d6a63553---34208166727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilprato.eu/userfiles/files/bulipofulosixit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joesservicecenternj.com/userfiles/files/49949205356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/lofiwekume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cc7b645f1e---41317996997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phrabat.net/UserFiles/File/bosolilegovolex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q1p04t96s7maq1t7011llojke3/nenel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c872cc5450---jogosajoletetisexemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikansambel.com/contents//files/39443323505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815db3aa944---mosefarevadinape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/22050579294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cravaluos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63414130456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://progetec.org/userfiles/files/90404702818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdknoodles.co/uploads/files/89881945731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanyauntuktesting.com/contents//files/kojasatudugodiguwiwove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-massimo.com/js/upload/files/jivajiwavimipino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/soxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tf322oju080le5md8jakmoeq97/65874915996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahrugs.com/userfiles/file/19882786941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g115v8hr44u964be81arde97ml/sofoxolusiwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=reading+and+comprehensionPDF 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_off0000f332.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF332 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 4a4c76768a8df1d459833edc3098fb275c80c512972eba382c9da491b28c01a3
font_01_sfnt_off00011e89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E89 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000136a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136A0 10864 bytes
SHA-256: 5a9b19210ed1e95cd10878aa8306db6dd4910c279932c8d3ab88dff734fee797