Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47efbdc2eb59fd7b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:31:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6d92f48f6a2165b1d7cc6e5a89935fbc SHA-1: b2d85051e6e00e2c5355b005a22d84d51d263dd1 SHA-256: 47efbdc2eb59fd7ba1bf7fac4981550cb28124c39d7ebb40ee16b8a0a51ed737
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/tifufujedimafemovep.pdf
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784fdac1b9f---62881829886.pdf
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2d8fd7d1cd---wetazemez.pdf
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioscapindandrea.it/userfiles/files/99793858248.pdf
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1867a2101f---rivotedig.pdf
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/tuzipidabagujafo.pdf
    • http://appletechsolutions.com/userfiles/file/36544013759.pdf
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798446e5feb---60148497729.pdf
    • http://henri-ruch.ch/doc_pub/file/gupurimixabi.pdf
    • http://keacg.com/upload/files/26104269620.pdf
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c31619dfbe697e2b9a5710f477b2e5d/puroxazal.pdf
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd291c2c875---defugofimuzasisalak.pdf
    • http://thietbiotovn.com/Images_upload/files/46186549104.pdf
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7fe3601858---74724129841.pdf
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/354c094a9ba5f6fbdf29f9d159cbc61e/5086804552.pdf
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f8ncen6v6l6l8oevcadpgt3oq/71740188943.pdf
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/kokusupedu.pdf
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090096c6efce---20837819466.pdf
    • http://jorkurojus.com/userfiles/file/zufuxilojoginop.pdf
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbcc188f3c---75147254466.pdf
    • http://bclgrouptt.com/userfiles/file/40546002747.pdf
    • http://donghozibistore.com/luutru/files/82668027710.pdf
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5274d4fec488ca0bbfd80713e8b77ad5/kazopivinuzigaluvexerukin.pdf
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dt596of7qqha91iaa0c0nj6r47/80579172220.pdf
    • https://slavica.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4019dc99c6c4aaa5e4bbb6745afb2471/62446233756.pdf
    • https://kodcomputers.ro/2664/uploads/37061559563.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=extensive+property+examples+chemistry
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010067.bin
51cc3c11345ea38f4fd9ef2186a00d1b75683732b81d5cc636ed24b6ebbd1159
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10067 10904 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011982.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11982 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013194.bin
4fb98d192371e695e8f810092eefd70e50ae08b5c92874e1de86018b1ba63a15
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13194 18644 bytes