Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 847e43f5a3c7b66d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 20:01:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: eba5e07871ed244bf282352e6291dd0f SHA-1: 1798f04817fcbb95a89508935b47cc9fe1b558d7 SHA-256: 847e43f5a3c7b66d4b3820a612016f599c951946291008dc311e9d9bca63daf3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document, potentially leveraging embedded JavaScript for exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://dusunceokulu.net/resimler/files/jidoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab804fda04a---votagozaguxibatanufewasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fe2c7d4633c1302173576a55fb7e953/sujererubumabuguwudukosog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12ki12p9dbsjlipvalqhbsa7io/67857739862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/mifadamapilufevarugopexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3014e582da---dalelebodajujulubaduvose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0c3561eab1fc0f117b09fe962f19e99/kitumujosedeferozamapit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ececbc064---rixuramexuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/kemipigolexeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51a61b623563503497dba4d48aea001d/kowebimomifosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/gurinuwalerosunutovebegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c64eb4cdb1313fd3f8027d05e90acddb/90102041880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.com/contents//files/daruvogavejukowon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f29ad7173---liviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanthailand.com/image/upload/File/kuporoxalapatunopuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2541f3754---35247128016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a51630cebd5---78723089328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jscorporation.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096fa5b16bc2---10868465229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1eb47c9d316f6b2f4168b1ba8794912b/pumogumebumapuserorokuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttccid.com/userfiles/files/pewatuvotasabutavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scanclean.bg/upload/ckfinder/files/rusuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=throttle+body+cleaning+cost+near+mePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000eeff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEFF 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 004accec3a23a9afb86496f56039df028e1346c30096271bba2dbbd39e7c1547
font_01_sfnt_off00010842.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10842 16436 bytes
SHA-256: fcae003cb57568968d1bbd9973ce07276181feba7a660d491ace7b72b8715e66
font_02_sfnt_off00013303.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13303 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1