Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47ac8668a1cb7fb3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-02 20:51:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: fdbff9b17e188bc6e9ff33b32520a934 SHA-1: a5725200bba25f85c76f15c1a8c8a145eeb74e53 SHA-256: 47ac8668a1cb7fb38575ebeda61fd0e2b5b74ee04771e7df0f06355ef7c128b4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for malicious PDFs. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, directing users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • 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://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c9808ded5---39460870467.pdf
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa82bab2da1---33007517965.pdf
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/16663540566.pdf
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3bf87091ad83885efd63bc6c11322af/32354348330.pdf
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/93746796847.pdf
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/87408584161.pdf
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8c5b34078---ribefegilif.pdf
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d51e5d0c7---divimetomulikomusuwibeva.pdf
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/31517523659.pdf
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5drq3ioj5i0tkg68gr0sf66r37/lawurulufirol.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709533eb917---nubivogutuzonezobopu.pdf
    • http://elcwma.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/26672448026.pdf
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o3vum5237nv0lup3b3mbg6r5j4/84166196155.pdf
    • https://chupwo.com/editor_upload/file/pexazudusodaperowex.pdf
    • https://milsagliksen.org/upload/ckfinder/files/watujomevolavo.pdf
    • http://vanphongphamhienluong.com/upload/files/7002648962.pdf
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df9313257a---62415905529.pdf
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a72fb7279c442408e80600ac861cff87/49951463339.pdf
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/2255149764.pdf
    • http://biemmecommerciale.eu/userfiles/files/46019529399.pdf
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24266492299.pdf
    • http://xinyaoqiye.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-26/20210626081703417420.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bk1i0o0oj64rle590ndi1296b5/34689667813.pdf
    • http://vickerycarpet.com/uploads/images//files/tetobabasomito.pdf
    • https://alutat.com/data/file/dowewigibiporekusuj.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=digestive+system+quiz+anatomy+and+physiology
    • 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_off0000efca.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFCA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000107dc.bin
a90b92dc6c104a7fcbd7a7e93ee8e6658eefc0dc7bafdecfe46212ce3712d2ba
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107DC 16240 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000131c0.bin
b992eb793781aad4c54558bed653ba7bf86d590efedb38d7264a6fd3fc07c220
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131C0 11224 bytes