Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d47f333b7b438bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-21 10:49:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 16a30be8facb53244d64f795ca4497e2 SHA-1: 95e55f86f7eb79731a210e16ebc078f974d3fae9 SHA-256: 6d47f333b7b438bcf319eeb310fb0341e024f2ec6817f3fad644fb63380b98cd
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV, detecting it as a phishing trojan. The document functions as a link farm, directing users to download other PDF files hosted on compromised websites, disguised with lures like 'billionaire romance novels'. The presence of external URI heuristics and the link farm detection strongly suggest a phishing or social engineering attack aimed at distributing further malware or leading users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dc7262592a4c9a840dbeaf0ade8c4ed/xajojegobuvilir.pdf
    • http://www.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nitesexotemamuxafirepaz.pdf
    • http://www.mmalappeenranta.com/tiedostot/files/towat.pdf
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161355ff4d7e1e---91385603122.pdf
    • https://y3stwk65l-mn9.com/contents/files/jetetuzuxaposurub.pdf
    • https://tennis94.fr/img/pics/files/28496876077.pdf
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/vesuzide.pdf
    • http://viethanit.vn/hinhanh/file/pivanoxakafotudububiwene.pdf
    • http://ccadl.com/files/20210909061708.pdf
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161477bb14d9a6---janonuwijem.pdf
    • https://himalmanpower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rilajalenujivovepiganudi.pdf
    • http://elitaliaweb.it/upload/file/rigepoxasabebumosofikufag.pdf
    • http://falegnameriacastiglione.it/userfiles/files/12192304541.pdf
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613efc4809c63---12569994844.pdf
    • http://rotarytattoomachine.co/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/ruriratikujomeju.pdf
    • http://vasset.bg/userfiles/file/lutuxasufobo.pdf
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/90187546725.pdf
    • http://rsport.eu/yonexshop/static/file/fiseviradup.pdf
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/53003603838.pdf
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/3663235603.pdf
    • http://yieldpharm.com/upload/files/25120234021.pdf
    • http://bilateralmatters.org/userfiles/file/pomomajowimejixeboka.pdf
    • https://www.domaine-vrignaud.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6052048730.pdf
    • http://fedime.org/imagenes/23641688582.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=billionaire+romance+novels+pdf+download
    • 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_off0000b010.bin
f40a65327bcc557b27b52b0b8a3cccc9743f8d411a8cd9210424e3743593c1e8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB010 10888 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000c944.bin
920bf1341bbf7a1603a0a17229cc656037dcfca1c55a804e2e146f753fe9748b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC944 15080 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee11.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE11 16792 bytes