Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47bda8738eef1be1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 22:49:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 8adf05147230ce2d1ee40f194f1ef107 SHA-1: 0f53e31ef7ab261dc8849323c67e64683a5e08fd SHA-256: 47bda8738eef1be17f4af92ecbeb25f76d3be7a6c6221f8026730de1ce0f2ec3
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as an image-only lure, typical of phishing campaigns, with multiple heuristics indicating it's a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with documents designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9909

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 70 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://orig-shop-gsm.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/depivuzerorisafilip.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aajude.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuxamojagolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/26625405626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shreenatharcade.com/userfiles/file/79075302495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/reu4bucnrklv5t8t15hur8hqul/17614929786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alompar.hu/uploads/content_files/files/tutaguxapogedaviwonegaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosklo.sk/pictures/file/87314861700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaaaikdebj9ccf1ayja1b5a3q.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puvijemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohxto.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/9277439771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balcimimarlik.com/resimler/files/64454692381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minisadik-margaritka.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92271838625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136d6db2d8ea---83730403834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jir7rv3e5lbbemv8tmls20k9g5/26548549424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tempatpasang.com/contents/files/50913366684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtkshop.com/images/uploads/file/daxerobaligokuzug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logicparcel.net/uploadsEditorfile/vizifubibonuduvotosiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firesecurity.sk/userfiles/file/7581922940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/file/botuvosereduxugop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131f1e5c4b71---73525124250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail-ex.net/userfiles/file/jilevavowupalava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promobryansk.ru/userfiles/files/rowalepaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dycelife.com/userfiles/file/witugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caogenzhiben.com/filespath/files/20210903130110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132ee1987450---mozivusakelelunegodub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--12cbg9dihj7egda2g6a7dceb1d2cp4nvgf4f.com/datas/files/67573630917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goforthegreengolfpools.com/userfiles/file/xusawusogivigumepudej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slbreakingnews.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90744267486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trevelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/digugavoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=typical+loft+of+pitching+wedgePDF 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_off0000b78b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB78B 13832 bytes
SHA-256: b0c568fe6b6a9f73d17ad588ae456a6d744f359c850148f351a950f200c39304
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1E3 10796 bytes
SHA-256: c48f2b701a22d46658a3858e4889575e3a9fb4ff87b9b168c0c6d8a0a304e855