Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47b98a73c5b8d345…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:20:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 397b72186ac0735224381627295d763b SHA-1: 64ae80c760e0909d94d58bc8ccab2ab076380830 SHA-256: 47b98a73c5b8d345b7ee6dae4c67aa5c05ec6be05ab5c5faa9f904f36b1071a2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including links to algorithmically generated URLs and a farm of compromised CMS upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The file likely serves as a lure to download further malware from the linked compromised websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://growourworld.com/clients/83159/File/zatefedotodiluweduk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfde819fdf0---43135122569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feriaalainversa.com/uploaded/files/suvitesivudavokosesazugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71edd2875f9ecbed2793a2bb574784cd/22231228761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6550b54e0762743a8be483ead0212d00/44632415525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paulbwatkinslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fejuzojazavikoxamukabemod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qataminational.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/fepok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parmalab.it/userfiles/files/butibinadivozodax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushi6.com/uploads/files/28838085749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majorsagilekvaros.hu/uploads/file/kipudetosumupilet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c72fe64345---nizumujalodafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stthomasorthodoxchurchsouthpampady.com/userfiles/file/rigiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbdc.co/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/somibitumetoxilela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c1a70f081c---muxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caribemed.com/userfiles/file/48360055785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73j5ugvdjfnkjme4hg5iijpmfn/99529168970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d33125b65f---velogibozimesikuvane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dnmqbaildevm5bhmcl8csq0543/42090715911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entiambalaj.com/upload/file/24874948826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd2a70c25c7---48516862805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d52vv0crvr0n9msfkudd75qi2e/fabas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771a861ff73---69797556985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=nature+and+scope+of+advertising+research+pdfPDF 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_off0000d1d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1D8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9EA 16592 bytes
SHA-256: 744f2f4015c9b070018340d2a56fccf04f746333bf35e6099fc10c13cfe177e7
font_02_sfnt_off0001146a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1146A 10996 bytes
SHA-256: c2cc90b3a1934b5db133000cc89263d185ca989cb4bbe30fb1d82b5c668e7901