Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47c0ab6a87c8ba17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-08-12 15:32:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a42419c98bd02084e7e66dbfb2a794b5 SHA-1: a6bfd6bcae289945c3f065f52c16e8dab5788ee0 SHA-256: 47c0ab6a87c8ba1772863eb54e10f834f29ca86e8c9d8fc92b36119f9d31ff95
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of malicious activity, likely aiming to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=is+armani+true+to+size PDF link annotation
    • https://angkoronetour.com/userfiles/file/2270516072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b8c81fae4---wepubuwokugepidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/035f13934d7a592300262bcdb3559631/33577501151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd562b26b6---zotetonigakelam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flyingcarpetclementines.com/userfiles/files/palivuwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://verandapattaya.com/userfiles/files/vuvokiwilevuvebulinila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flynewsletter.com/uploads/file/sijijukajopevuderekopum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techscreening.com/userfiles/files/reporelitakifagizapukenoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/bodovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budoprojekt.eu/obrazy/file/derenetabulokulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073207a0a45b---11991345824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8bde6d26c5---47586116351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uc3hkq693cd0lo2a738ev8n139/67658614201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajaketiga.com/contents//files/53583047617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog//file/24746889209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keiganproductions.com/clients/863431/File/25718945706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a26b30c35a5---pelit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160975febf3332---xapage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdale66ersreunion.com/clients/c/c6/c679c52642bc64dd8629b98fb95ccc77/File/10844203992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5856554baa---84385166431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071295fd33b7---4790746455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9e1b44b417---7839400850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd1756eb75---lizoruw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primewestelectrical.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72c9b922b3c1c57ab853653a5180062b/sokafavagapuritifefuxine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/68944185594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e077.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE077 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f88e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF88E 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 353ccf007c31bc818b57d06221afbc53e32afc7199b394bec0545c12ea0da3e8
font_02_sfnt_off00010fe7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FE7 18160 bytes
SHA-256: a9884e605c305524e6d54d275f6d2a300b686d1beaab15485ea20525518fa697