Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 947f8a3246964fe5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

134.0 KB Created: 2021-09-01 10:26:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: a879a8ece574d492542cdf413b13fd1c SHA-1: 39c9719a68b15cfc5f8e2c64a7a19f99c808f980 SHA-256: 947f8a3246964fe561bd55346512428320f07a68de5f014f96aa7611607cb485
164 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 payloads. Several heuristics indicate the PDF is part of a link farm, with many external URLs pointing to compromised websites or disposable hosting, likely intended to host or redirect to a secondary malicious file. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cacc2d8191---zufujidolo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://seasonsblinds.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21988547039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2185b16a1---vusedusutipisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolizmusonline.hu/images/upload/file/34634274675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viacaosaopedro.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28480426570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/75736809914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suadienlanhhanoi.net/upload/files/xexemupegufokikedejef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullprotec.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tibef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5193f75b444c4d56fee3deb5e45a512/841845838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fszhenjia.com/upfolder/e/files/20210710115832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0a290679f8---10135718761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacyfamilyunity.com/clients/2/20/203fd950dafdada58ea32e7b96f0d147/File/20325301517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36a1ee2abc97ce811adc4e2b5469a775/29845324681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mo7vcd4oupltv283vql74ntkl4/sajijivexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/wumereliju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://longislandinvestmentadvisors.com/nini/userfiles/file/sukoxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleiberit.ru/files/file/dipaxefabonumurixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd468af6c7---47755668204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/53592060780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r977nogahk9ni80f73asktq7l7/79615810777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30fa4ee3a189db04bcdf49d81cff3e1b/70151152349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shceping.com/upFile/photos/2021-8/file/xopusarufatakofesosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c0baa0da20a9c036516b5dc0366d8fe/rixos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tranhtreo.com/images/ckeditor/files/80806877244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c631dae4d75---35845107389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=database+system+structure+in+dbms+pdfPDF 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_off0001a6ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A6FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001bf11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BF11 18716 bytes
SHA-256: 5815538af1e93d93c53f4eb85784d38bf5de623e2fa22dfe886ccfc67f313adc
font_02_sfnt_off0001f00f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F00F 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 80a1dc7db04307bec193ccc59cb35cf0640cb9d1b6a34f78768e765ae2b1486a