Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47ddf27c649a0480…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:12:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: a58ac86361cc5b30f689eb28a7b741fd SHA-1: ec3d4173809ab4ea7e43c22194267600b1b41b82 SHA-256: 47ddf27c649a04800208ab18939c42225fc0508c4db0c060c21fcab86d6938c5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating the document's primary function is to redirect users to potentially harmful external sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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=if+you+have+a+vasectomy PDF link annotation
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/42504239697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzweien.com/d/files/33290098561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msinziniering.com/userfiles/file/89522129754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cainghienbinhduong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/vesamipajef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086dfff37ff1---begajasebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e7ac03f15---bimoxewasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaalu.com/luutru/files/85549090244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bce9fe79b61a9e879c8d61fe11007afb/17353200481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abc102ef256---ragevemizegilod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/ravodubasoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a111ddd70f2---wefuzeleloto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/visimik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be519902326a8765a92b4159525d4bb3/13290161810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vc4t0f4258mkqk123ih255hbbj/lizelos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b554b2fe7d---8898098762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5deda9bf15c684d798401e142b6d7545/relusopaxusugulog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2bd0abe754---jisewemovavogirizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a036ae41b357f9c0611a6fd2a39e1e66/warafotobijevokopim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lsijhfpkq69e1601grcnp49dp7/zulenonozax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homini.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab025226eaa---jokogobafoweguravazog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a91d8d4b38f---32761455124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuanxuongmonmb.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/lowuvubizi.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_off0000ea69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA69 17936 bytes
SHA-256: ec7d2f03664dbafa40c510356ac1e15005d586952e7ca951cd0ba79fd40150a5
font_01_sfnt_off00011906.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11906 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001311d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1311D 10488 bytes
SHA-256: 2f5ba45ee1a0a65cfb946010f7adc1ebe81c1f4291dbc724e07e9eb96cfe0dd7