Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47f2c6d94683e33f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 14:01:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 7e477c191861fe856e38150792abc13e SHA-1: debdb3893c554681e22bf30d4092466e16459070 SHA-256: 47f2c6d94683e33f72c5c169a1b74e65d6dbe04859d6e97a3c5c6524935f5f39
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating it functions as a link farm. This suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine rankings or redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=first+poem+written+by+rabindranath+tagore PDF link annotation
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dac4562b9b4a18d5c16281f9daee963/wovufunorirupukuxanafil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/632106cddaa48c09293ea577dbd2848f/digosemivuxaxavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/sibaduba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0b14e4630b---jubujisozajirozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2maut41aqqeb6id5974tq5fca5/vawivasebiravodesatexepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a284f8988ac---98279037296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac585808025---8603583022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finances-canada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95fc2b1cb136c49951e65b3237c5ecbb/xodulujatuvoroleduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunwisechem.com/Uploadfiles/files/38854313467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/849e8cd0e29a67102af6ea154e8b7848/mivememidiposit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b453133f57---92924065563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0llsv1l1l1c9btaa8qrksjnde6/1425187521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/27357518436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corumosmanlimakina.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/digofesosur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d8d7085ef---lejedevivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ktfsafstg80imt12a6g77vp1dh/dalotuzubulaxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160909be2503b3---lazisal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f4722835ed---kuduwobesudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e00d73642---goniliso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa2c3a40bef6354d5e21ed7b35d9716a/34426227717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hausbootgeiseltalsee.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uhpl0gc32mfvvfmbarb8sr2fp1/87591493447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/huatung89408fstg8m2b5fjhm3/kabatosiviki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/20337446022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/38611817304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b829c96d713---10440464085.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_off0000ff3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011754.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11754 11108 bytes
SHA-256: 8fb3c36e8eb3f264246e033061af399b02c08f78d2dba8f364d9e22037eb6e2c
font_02_sfnt_off000130b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130B0 16644 bytes
SHA-256: 262c1f283dcd5842e51d8399b9aebc4b831efeef3c94a10e9c10c7a0b85e6231