Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47c4bf23e724fd3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-07-04 11:57:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d139889512830971638e500d84d6336a SHA-1: 4e99f07177146aa0bd47f102776c9a998093e472 SHA-256: 47c4bf23e724fd3ecc820936a348b4ef2966603adab9db34b81b108a1bfa3964
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised websites, many of which appear to be WordPress installations hosting malicious files. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a pattern of using disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads to host these links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+format+letter+envelope
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607540a484e57---zunopawaxawitupevejupu.pdf
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/011a7325c15f62dbe3e08bb2bda801df/42329604578.pdf
    • https://eminesenlikoglu.org/resimler/files/xutonifufipifaxizovane.pdf
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73af7ebdc9---midakakumenoruxutu.pdf
    • http://cc-loges.com/uploads/file/parudewobufoge.pdf
    • http://studiobardinisrl.com/userfiles/files/nikewo.pdf
    • https://theatresaucinema.fr/uploads/file/38578030518.pdf
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f84d1840b1---juwedowunujiroxasabe.pdf
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b241ea65a---sudedejefije.pdf
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b18c3a3b078---3588972177.pdf
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdc7a153d56---safibowexafapijivepasop.pdf
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/4941538684.pdf
    • http://kencert.vn/uploads/image/files/pesokokivuxolozawuju.pdf
    • http://ac-kenigsberg.ru/files/file/xepinipuguworazo.pdf
    • http://iwishop.hu/file/gifenudemusurozuganizefil.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709e6b03a2b---nigaxipa.pdf
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76f144ec65f1824da3598103c2bd8817/28378904554.pdf
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dnhjffef6eisr4tsnbds07qbp5/38212541004.pdf
    • http://www.rotudavid.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kivopozudikasopodizowok.pdf
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15f8ce34eaebea7a6b6b2d8b3893b4de/pokobevopokopur.pdf
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d60dce4d7---67874359792.pdf
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a45fc451234---wakalosirokexelazoju.pdf
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f44dc86db8---sobikekenimugufuwa.pdf
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b49404643c9---17303409071.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e768.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE768 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff7a.bin
2ba2eed5252017ce17084eb83a6ea849f79d651756c1d6d3f6354927111eda89
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF7A 18300 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e98.bin
d8306b50c8502430165ceff2b53e08cc7a890528f2ff3ba9d5e5150dd448b7e7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E98 10400 bytes