Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47e1022fafc149aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-08-30 07:26:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c833da1790a0fe15ab2ad5e95d740086 SHA-1: 972536b5639847a10b0a77c8fd1cade1413117c3 SHA-256: 47e1022fafc149aa0b48c8577b579bbefbf27ad4311cdb5ebdb56bf411a4aa8f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting, likely to facilitate the download of a second-stage payload. The presence of multiple PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM firings supports this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///vinisufizeridize.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cbd130ddfe---4285228326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangnhadat.com/uploads/files/3268170830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pamukoglu.com/userfiles/file/ramirineva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutscher-customs.de/gfx/userfiles/files/48283687859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funperm.ru/content/file/tofexolobuvubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shellserva.nl/docs/Image/file/72048593914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5385059e01a3fb4d125e2f884cf176b0/titiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomassasia.net/data_ed/userfiles/file/wizosuzav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fbd253398b---solezutetewebureronunuzag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bmat.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/xazavarixewakakobosuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123a09589ec2---bufivosetilisemirok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cdcd926f92---rolinox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mehreganimaging.com/images/upload/files/zasifupalul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----1-6cdapb2bdyqawnpcindqfc.xn--p1ai/media/file/55827248973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086b73080ef6---99331331518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a5439d9d2---kogugemolewunewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideatity.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zukaketixuxakepin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kco.su/userfiles/file/dujovonesofawivometaxajud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tandprotheses.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31554159567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serka.com/serka/upload/files/88075939609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poornasreehomeoclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fomob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksmt.edu.np/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wutudosedomasubawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/6328167608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771ea0b7fca---20125393679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://la-roofers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d806a66c2f2---wuvavitozesukamuxedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0ac5e11fbc---kevejif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=well+known+english+phrasesPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000f0ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0CE 18192 bytes
SHA-256: 52ae1ef7e6faf8134e2bd88a6ad5e41e22e6c3cce44b369c63aa351147f0d2c6
font_01_sfnt_off00011fc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FC4 10604 bytes
SHA-256: e6f53d1de795e32d798f55fbd271b7e1809582c456adb721392468e8e12d7839
font_02_sfnt_off000137f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137F7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1