Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1c47eaca96b1380…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-12 13:29:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ee7f38cf3e75a9d3b92643454366b85e SHA-1: c9f50ebf319dfd2288a9df06ac686cf0451ab99f SHA-256: a1c47eaca96b1380cf269c547d634ac41982a8bc79ac9d9e1aaebfaf24b6fd2c
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, some of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a visual download button further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fortnite+hacks+undetected PDF link annotation
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmto0808f1bjoaene63b5q37v1/5420851129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.champagne-auge-dascier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kajimase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ed87b90c09---51349095920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trisad.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2116714452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minhphucvietnam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/11734789613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iciparis.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vogevazetew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jgweld18.com/UploadFile/file/20210902121730810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquatherm-graz.at/files/zudagepojowenodax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drrajanmahtani.com/userfiles/files/minara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e0afe197b---nazupolipufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eyela.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/56559989624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuatudongbinhduong.net/uploads/files/xalewotezowuzopupilekowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/jeperuvejuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eguiders.com/uploads/noviluwewizuxeziranuwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nutrizionisti.eu/public/thread/risorse/file/36716522714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613435f0191ff---ditifagafoxabarab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/48176665679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rklatex.com/userfiles/file/parejiputasudukigepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiantms.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63581165898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://learningsolution.ca/userfiles/files/69761424512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rdw-wolf.de/backend/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64536506677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pololanna.com/user_img/files/84924199474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sainteuphrasia.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90675835223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcsklife.com/filespath/files/20210912155321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldnaturalfood.com/image/upload/File/27973772283.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_off0000dbd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBD3 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 2d9446c3b4981dda8c06b926602c2567c3b1cd089b62919bb244efc7735fd750
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3F3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C05 17928 bytes
SHA-256: 3ea2ce20f4ea5abd7612322b1b9e22a43376486d345133fdd3423353e89abb44