Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a47a19c20073a63…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-18 02:51:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 7ff5922a209f70fc41261d31f99c666a SHA-1: 9586ab12f927479d394822dec0612bd7b5a4a07f SHA-256: 5a47a19c20073a630ae42bdbae2a73dd5ebe9641930186c768167e69096e20b9
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious content. Heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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 http://zenkatsu.dk/files/jepepobipizowujazawij.pdf
    • http://bachova-terapia.sk/images/file/gibuzugonogutitizokuwo.pdf
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161449822d9432---58406991417.pdf
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210913_5EA1AEC2D60BA72B.pdf
    • http://chapelguild.com/images/usr/60262027795.pdf
    • http://reichspfarrer.sk/file/323104859.pdf
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161403890dd1ed---49343584111.pdf
    • http://novosib-sport.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7705304416.pdf
    • http://fkjz.cn/upload/files/2021/09/202109170712252367.pdf
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b47ce24f64b2c7407b8ebfa86982f84d/zotewelatariremexugoramam.pdf
    • https://cfi-registration.org/buzzboxgift/img/userfiles/files/xaliposelebefigaduviki.pdf
    • http://gvs-russia.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nepogixekufewizidovasas.pdf
    • http://uptownherndon.com/uploads/files/silejuwozubedapizatawuzev.pdf
    • http://reichspfarrer.sk/file/64636105661.pdf
    • https://gangnampools.com/contents/files/zirazigufeburusagateba.pdf
    • https://fanaf.com/article_ressources/file/96087753649.pdf
    • http://posicert.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-12/20210912135224577742.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fd518e0e07---tozemugigefozavevat.pdf
    • https://kga-am-adlergestell-ev.de/kga/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38586355463.pdf
    • http://leaders-adv.net/userfiles/file/31727062778.pdf
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/40828987298.pdf
    • http://eternaseguros.net/files/files/rudof.pdf
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/31757935295.pdf
    • https://mtestbd.com/assets/uploads/files/15594091805.pdf
    • https://nocrime.cntwn.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23348192058.pdf
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2fb6c9b843f3635d01705143d053a5e3/furolu.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=machine+learning+notes+pdf
    • 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_off0000d7df.bin
6356098afa2d5fcceeb9e3aa00ef4d89d3e5cd6a8d0fc1660c8f75461cabe4d5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7DF 17148 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010488.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10488 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011c9f.bin
078fd6b103d29ff4ab3b081bf9c94a671066efe99b410da89f6519e56a5ff65b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C9F 10892 bytes