Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47ca944ca0a8adee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 00:11:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 525181bdaf83a7a49ed4357c1475f0e1 SHA-1: 2027ba22fa88843a216f70cd3a104d22d5bc290a SHA-256: 47ca944ca0a8adee420681d0f299c299f1a558c4e564fe360ce7dc73c6e812e9
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a password-protected-archive lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=batch+file+programming+examples+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://skyline64reunion.com/clients/e/ec/ec378541aa9b73e2b99de5ca5545ec21/File/wimebijatulovan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolavalerio.it/userfiles/files/webudulunilanile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/139287157960958e3997a9a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb4f861cd0---fawapixixamibareb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/xawavidozokavagoxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebd.su/UFD/7623/files/42864005849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e867df2bb83464efa1aee046b1d2d42c/biwililugij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qhzs88.com/admin/fckeditor_upfiles/file/2021061013372780554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medpressa.ru/files/file/kosimotewaxak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vongtaytramhuong.vn/upload/files/pixozolisorefetej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a204b5c5e00---48910044503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.m2asolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc91c1eadca824cf38a49a84e77f4f4e/7865776239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waelfawzy.com/userfiles/file/jolomeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/votapatopipazulodafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents//files/62481379019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsfeed.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/66148619864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0d73087e2ae5e348dbc41ba979b4b7a/wupanud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ineke-ott.nl/keramiek-beelden-imagesfile/13039331210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mathrainbow.com/userfiles/file/lukalugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccd72d9e1f4---pizonilubovepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/skcdevq9ig2qrlc1dongcsq7n5/55463480622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210606174359_2068326223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hflbdq.com/uploads/file/170255044195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4720310148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f411284267cb7585f6e31dbec70649da/tavugopiboxaroxured.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_off0000c550.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC550 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD62 16996 bytes
SHA-256: 5964f8236e469b0ac39d02d6cf36405d30d16da856d54ea0c9bfa49e037b89ab
font_02_sfnt_off000109fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109FE 11224 bytes
SHA-256: b627958f3442cc4d6cd738a677cfb1a19ff31d000cb808141e1b61d60c3b9ab2