Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47a6b282156c9598…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-08-05 02:18:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 759c51d6c4c1322a6fea3d06614d3e00 SHA-1: 71b2c996d37d4c7993b5181ca11f1f155afb4e00 SHA-256: 47a6b282156c9598497a17740e3052671a3dcd5a59b1fc4f16aaec9ca1b1239d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and the nature of the URLs suggest it is designed to lead users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e6e1248e2d51da04d30b23371c4a075/36779194740.pdf
    • https://dbmotorbrokers.com/userfiles/file/46647205006.pdf
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098592816743---86049381095.pdf
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u1iu26j7jc072vo5m079thofb8/21222343347.pdf
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/tolidodilizudotorejinasu.pdf
    • https://optimustelecoms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/paluvudakevafanebibon.pdf
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098ac4f1ddb3---bezoxub.pdf
    • http://chinhsuasolieu.com/media/files/49342775583.pdf
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26fa5cef73---87288163377.pdf
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b067a28f0996847fcf768fe3c46e1e28/57064765390.pdf
    • https://istanbularicilikfestivali.com/upload/ckfinder/files/kuxabi.pdf
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd0e205b36a---xibufuxusegodejiriroliwi.pdf
    • https://a5productions.com/home/a5pro/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81115916558.pdf
    • http://studiosaletta.it/userfiles/files/kurowubomarefajosagotu.pdf
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1528aa3406---9492089798.pdf
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fkme44ph6rmg4fcigb5rtk4969/29619415319.pdf
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/76655354800.pdf
    • https://xn--pssa17sw71b.tw/upimages/files/kafekifojenari.pdf
    • http://pasted-radio.de/web/files/bapujak.pdf
    • http://gerd-pollak.de/userfiles/file/pezigiru.pdf
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/62983312575.pdf
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/gotupozojepodawajegokizip.pdf
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df5e23106e5---fozenipavikevegu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+fix+shoulder+impingement+surgery
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fb7f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB7F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011391.bin
b8dc9925c0fc112c80087ea2bc9d480cf72ddb98ed5b5e95cebaaa0b489d67c0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11391 17076 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001401c.bin
cd86ad748c812ab1ea1f83bdeee91e22d3783444e92bdcb87bac6b1277a7d0c6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1401C 11176 bytes