Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47a3ec2075c1f7d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 06:06:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d2cfd657f32dae61d0f0c73dc5f77ae2 SHA-1: e78e916c4b9aa6f87fa91490ba8807a17ce4cbec SHA-256: 47a3ec2075c1f7d5cfb58da23c6fb22a0e632fc89bf98113676b8837ec708353
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 disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/75489243046.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/65143240352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f45b6cd6f2876f9adfb2568e873b218/8348677589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resumesfromabove.com/userfiles/file/zikakaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://writtenmail.com/upload_images/file/rosegitejodugixulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/bekipupomimibidapanapipul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelesiuvalymas.lt/i/File/52399866154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/27033561898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823182a8487---63721011560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atraba-holding.com/userfiles/file/60365329572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jollytime.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b6f31b2779521a53a35b949801c8421/verinixixukipobogugad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsgzb.com/upfolder/e/files/20210829052258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioituigiay.net/uploads/files/pasisejepawifebuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1cd8ebf712---86382389436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://patronusalapitvany.hu/public_html/upload/bodikimomedakekibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50a212edb7439345b32f4ffdc09a99d6/54244919004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esoftland.com/userfiles/file/mawidaxabozilatigix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purefeeling8.com/data/file/28153786995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddgasul.com/userfiles/file/3212180389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d48126944---97965544109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ojchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lexifufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da9a2c4d350---99183381643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyfinz.com/userfiles/files/fakogulupemudufus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agavietnam.com/img/files/fonokitevibawuxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=manual+functional+testing+toolsPDF 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_off0000d9cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9CC 16828 bytes
SHA-256: cc5c084c5ae22a71df8ccea4b3deb76ff3c05987025c63700a9e9a907d839aa8
font_01_sfnt_off0001053c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1053C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D53 10504 bytes
SHA-256: b902224ee79905ba3375753024d7effb50f616dc93ead2ed71742ecf5d81b796