Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47d601ebb1ebdd9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 17:10:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 9b33dff2d89954bde1188e2b69eaece1 SHA-1: 4969870486b92c7c5c459413c976a6c0648278e1 SHA-256: 47d601ebb1ebdd9f168bcf4217121f1f9e8de649b5d7c093075290991ef35193
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many external URIs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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
  • 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://www.gurkhasfinance.com.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23909382719.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ethnicminorities.heephong.org/ethnicminorities/cmsadmin/ckfinder/files/nonuvurubexifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.educationsexuelle-ecole.ch/ck/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82552485751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b67a0ae7acb89eb9e375edec2b433c7/50965292664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernardthevenet.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75590732677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161316b8fbe9fc---46048841365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61145257795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393fc61471a---lowikeniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ao1e8tvk5f3gp3eas6umhu4m5/xuvaroxan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614149ca7f8a5---suvix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hermanosgolbano.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/phpfile/demajesije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuspsurgeons.com/userfiles/file/wovapiwaribebaripek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vntdc.com/upload/fck/file/28477354525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawoo.net/userData/board/file/tojojepak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandiassociati.it/userfiles/file/14693002624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613719dd36214---votukisiwaregola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fe1c9a6bd4---muzaworesazakubuduwowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savvyais.com/userfiles/file/vejid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locktactyuma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rezabavax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bexalupulosofijiseli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emrc.ie/upload/imagecontent/file/nitaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plewmal-d.com/Uploads/files/kokizegitero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onutglen.com/caningest/images/file/84844927951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-partner.com/Image/files/geburosotizof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5749138e8ade33830ff5602669afb80a/lutipomefizoxadaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omnistopbollards.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nopiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=kodi+18.8+tv+box+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://cluster006.ovh.net/~greeters/namur/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14402313693.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_off0000f9c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000111de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111DE 10552 bytes
SHA-256: 5c43524574a550c7c44678ba670be9663eea0db4107ffa20e8e3bb7cd8b8c855
font_02_sfnt_off00012a17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A17 17024 bytes
SHA-256: f3f264870a58e3eba162c82f9b1021f96287cba841a131b573cefca3aba2f307