Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47a6a3fa7a6b2388…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 10:14:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 34316e1ff155ae095078a59a2ea0b199 SHA-1: 1de222da9b06e396837ee58427a6a2b229ee872f SHA-256: 47a6a3fa7a6b2388418204a8111ef457271eb85ac33478db218550d899195fa3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to various external PDFs hosted on potentially compromised websites. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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.
  • 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 http://sinhorelli.com/userfiles/file/karuruzoboxafabazevapu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945245c80ea---83782451174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luatsutiengtrung.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/72571300859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altaamir.ipixpms.com/Rapport/public/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15563431781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elementsgogreen.com/userfiles/file/jakokegubowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e52f0a21bd---disevafuxoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8103ddfa041594332160b3eb811faa23/guguzatoxebibuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t3sl4kbr1hg9mbt2rrqflpk3v0/52807209447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poganyvolgyi.hu/userfiles/file/42639937285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sfeerweter.nl/userfiles/files/panubivaremexozoselalisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vcelari.naceradec.cz/includes/ckfinder/userfiles/files/konosodobitisowisavuzim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d84dd329d41475c693ec337ef6e726fc/xanenawafenozimutimodog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bacea9a04f31082bb86554da6b974e3e/13602835810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae6ee4276d5---29333521156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driscollandgibson.com/images/edit_images/file/37538023024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dc3c939fdbf---povifopudewubobigesejos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anatolianlgs.com/userfiles/file/49521543089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twapp.freshkon.com/upload/files/vemelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160bfcbf2d4a4c---bibozililepejoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiumevivo.it/userfiles/files/96802130079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randoquad72.fr/userfiles/file/gefijesasuluwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70eff4b3d61ec28b7e8277d473453422/84929539544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cab9809d6f---99481442176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lurome7071.com/clients/e/ec/ec9741bbacd2a64db66b94b03f3cd24d/File/kivodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=head+first+java+8+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off00010cc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CC9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000124e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124E0 10972 bytes
SHA-256: e5aa8c9088fd9766245fe0c8346c2458c3eb459126d76e31c8cc083f7c57a54d
font_02_sfnt_off00013e6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E6B 18896 bytes
SHA-256: 7df6295808b1276d5848726eb8f7ee76459c4ad91fa032dc93141881c81e3205