Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47ba325810d8d30c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:23:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 73b0402e93dc1491b2060c34b11ccaeb SHA-1: 8e92f0780b942384b59e25620c4a333fe4d30c70 SHA-256: 47ba325810d8d30c477846007181487fe2180c55bd010f6e257a607ab38521c5
126 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites hosted on potentially compromised CMS platforms. The ClamAV detection and the nature of the URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of the specific lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3290

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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://hifitness.hu/userfiles/file/57305838478.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stayinbranson.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/jameximagefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60a6499ea741897de496ab12d6998228/90091754669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogologistics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51616060505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watfordfairtrade.org/app/webroot/img/files/zedasineweforapap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/755aed2f6b78d181fb581a604c8b020d/26810435605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gejaligagirubofexenaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/76989466443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/54914100702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burchiellati.com/file_fck/file/20308423140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610daf23d7c88---jawatagujikukorufuvuwoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/76492473316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bedandbreakfastchia.it/userfiles/file/vejegodezifol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987cf8815ae---28317347446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac405aef4aa---makupelurof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611623a92f62c---13084491496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxnjl.com/userfiles/files/kekumimopemokem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moestuinwebshop.nl/userfiles/file/jujebodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwhopewell.com/uploads/files/40589972691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4cb77a20e5---bovexugamukuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eggtesting.com/admin/uploads/file/jifiwedarolisudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e642d7987e7---19644477752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+coffee+word+search+proPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d7a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000efba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFBA 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 94869d24baca2dfe87d4b0457e1bd74b78d571c2b3ba4c6ce8a8806a0e4408c9
font_02_sfnt_off00011f77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F77 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 59dc26f9784f94ff8ddd0b0d23dad7b89ee7b87bbb3e43207166e9dd9be8fd59