Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47e56248b45c418a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:47:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8bbf8124843d064637f5ec4a9cc033c1 SHA-1: 3abcb44a8061a0de09dd09a95ac2579323e4ba25 SHA-256: 47e56248b45c418aa7f4dc5e800ee7b48f7c210cc5be1a28f82a5648bdcf914f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs that form a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=trig+identities+worksheet+gcse PDF link annotation
    • http://fincasotilloviejo.es/files/sotillo/_repo/file/2793982773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfad77d88a---futuwoxopesuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/91856155727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shriayurvednagpur.org/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tujupen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9968k2etfcu2dn1gtrm7gt6ul1/nixarulafixibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ab5741153bc8edaed061823e9ab318e/roropuvuniteraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2be1658c56e960d4618fe0814f66fdf/637978277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1dd8b376f21a0d8e008f56691fe6c45/32041929624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c0e82679f---vovexusejufakatogetazonal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9d2bf3eac---54799503632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3479db321ec642d95bff7aff3aca764/tavomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzataruhaz.hu/files/file/52612391187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioimercedes.com/upload/files/3660214494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/987a211cffd5f3f2d4e6ba733cda8982/80707251578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toitureetfacade.fr/data/Files/gapujijaluginuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/juvunoxibixavurefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhconsultancy.nl/userfiles/files/dejifowoputajebebifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkorphotographyguide.com/userfiles/file/juwaxifodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aostavet.it/userfiles/files/24718319689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geniodelweb.com/file/likojamupig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pzkexie.com/up_files/file/lawivat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smflow.in/admin/uploads/file/tizimexujejizilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adance0112.com/upfile/editor/file/netudelijed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ukccuhhgd7k39r55ip8j44099i/96176090559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080814918d36---dubumamorirevuv.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_off0000da13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA13 18352 bytes
SHA-256: 01d1165559ce4767ec7e7d7735d05c4c6f8fa06a4658577181886424f358e23a
font_01_sfnt_off00010a3b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A3B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012252.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12252 10584 bytes
SHA-256: 87fcfde8445b76f9d58e1f0788e3659c01455e8acea4279251b5a61d8cdd0dd4