Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 947386c8b2d797fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 17:21:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b629dad50012bd87468217181bc5b076 SHA-1: f48d940235950f085ddfa8271620c99233b0b1a9 SHA-256: 947386c8b2d797fb7592606f7647e5702b1ca0792662aca238ee85196536083f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of external URI links further supports the attack pattern of redirecting users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wikoo+cassette+to+mp3+converter+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e2f82ad652---dopevolixoxejexovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a31348ad2b73beb9610f8ab8438a113a/62211588853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asap-recruitment.net/upload/file/97425720178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fcf218183f---ziwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0addcd33ae4db7d9d4f084641a04bc11/29038820861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1e7c18b6833405049d324dfd59cb015/89217687994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biznesfishki.ru/files/userfiles/files/44797254286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transmar.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/witirazer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2687c01d5f---78242874134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://easternsheep.by/app/upload/file/tewivavezididete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trackls.com/application/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jixemokuxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af9ed1044d---povugewepejolawegixofuvam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atx-stroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a20de4fdc35d4288750653d00d67ca99/89727746591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gw21.ch/uploads/userfiles/file/90604170452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/gixunukurameloluxuvaves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aeaa2511095---mesafazobavuvasulupev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seabeachthailand.com/UserFiles/file/80801572938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a83e0c56a1---ruxevup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb5f7ccb06---76479453190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcccphucvinh.com/upload/files/63708740732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fapannimario.it/userfiles/files/71303526653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soldearenales.com/galeria/files/radofixowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourbuilding.ru/userfiles/files/viken.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_off0000d8e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8E3 17276 bytes
SHA-256: 16e2df47b83ad2bb36384edd35d221a99125a36782b6792b97b9ec048a023fd8
font_01_sfnt_off00010593.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10593 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 1b3a3430f6561903f6e816b2cd099153d4b0e1c039056d5ecfbdd7df0561ceb7
font_02_sfnt_off00011f0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F0A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1