Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47cb3514a7b7b39c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.1 KB Created: 2021-09-28 10:43:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 48f1887c2ec2b215f327bd8f69f4ce34 SHA-1: da4325c78a42e442975d2421f7d1dadb3aa7437f SHA-256: 47cb3514a7b7b39cc3ce238fd543390357b3d3b212cfd90706198da16ef7efd0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, including links to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=apps+are+not+downloading+in+play+store PDF link annotation
    • http://apex-architect.ru/images/file/gosulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69763382990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355bd65af44---9880765753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegaletrotta.eu/userfiles/files/57016137393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu/data/editorfile/wemutefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caratow.nl/userfiles/file/pikasep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webdatedepot.com/userfiles/file/32673492442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fakefubepanikelewakirum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highettmetal.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/galudiwem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.enfersalus.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rexofufige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ermolino.mebel18.com/uploads/files/duzazaroriwawisewume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ee19aa89754b862c79df23a5be52ddb/54452848544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netiko.fr/img/Data/file/26081158073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvoirostov.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95602245233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yenidenyuzlendirme.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6316870419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bachtungcompany.com/upload/files/77449978596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161315173934df---84138505581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70d23fd34ac95b5c5df39132ffa28291/56024296381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theexplorerthai.com/userfiles/files/50286456275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://radyoislam.com/resimler/files/63621420932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614ef81fbb862---24689846956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intproplaw.com/admin/uploads/file/nafuwunape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvubaove.online/upload/files/96312557999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyosung-gulf.com/uploads/file/4906013469.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_off0000b2bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB2BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cace.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCACE 15412 bytes
SHA-256: 31a5a9b8ba63118307e0f413248895bd191cb0985e027b0e87fc69a003958013
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1AC 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 08c68b000cd8af8b3a3470f4999db1e7944fac270812e1fd4dbef4d5993ff742