Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47b4ae42e0be484f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 13:05:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 7029395818c8abdb96da44fb0a1577ec SHA-1: 2450a47885dbd395abc00d3f62cad6535c712bed SHA-256: 47b4ae42e0be484f8f3bba6e85259907885e14492535cb04204b22676f0f2e47
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of external URIs and link farm heuristics confirms the document's purpose is to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1pbahdku88pt091ftqrlpb5lb7/kisoguteg.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c12df0aab---buvamemuloremogisopir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zetrade.cz/userfiles/file/nugizika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caydinhlang.net/userfiles/image/file/niluvozulenadikisuvazuxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/xobuguwinitenakakofulex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b279e22e78e9cb258b2b2db02c2e22e/fikipewalosofiwezaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finproekt-msk.ru/userfiles/file/96678845357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/vimuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/25631962451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-hold.com/UploadFile/file/20210605155955352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacie.vn/web/uploads/files/81736851610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f119e3a5ae---giloke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accronline.com/userfiles/file/32083252678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/102205dc255a9897ce777e182f7ff13f/15531130190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607701429aa54---roliloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/32856950968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607882f093bb5---kesabazogumilezikezezobeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608461bf8e2d1---48248976608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solamsys.com/userData/board/file/sokopovabawuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f38bdc2d2f---jitofiwanuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085dbaee79fd---danurito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.engltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b946d51d9820bc08e570f040f96f547b/75242295970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gcrdict3fgcok0t5tn5rdsofl5/73714219884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da5bc221c6a6af495a059d6d319072c8/61619933583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=wells+fargo+notary+services+appointmentPDF 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_off0000ec6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC6B 17556 bytes
SHA-256: 49d956326b7eb4a78bfc46f6cb4f47ea848092002e2f3f8c2c53e1201df95d19
font_01_sfnt_off00011a1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A1E 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 4ef3a8365b85a6171b728e05cc615ab9702aa6ab62c61f0c40249e9dd58f6f13
font_02_sfnt_off000133c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133C2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1