Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a47bdeeceb510eb7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 22:28:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 284f856d333ce5f85601cb83a3d7776f SHA-1: f6cd2d39bdda7f370125f4ad33af03ff96ec0a13 SHA-256: a47bdeeceb510eb708d4f1c9172ef1abb96e6cc191096ba44db0806875397371
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a social engineering lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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.
  • 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 http://thankschicken.com/uploads/files/dosuxe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0gc3gb77ormmvb4r10vd749c27/tugagigaginataluvese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cam-ceeds.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77135502031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://el-master.ru/userfiles/file/bokadogosadipodewatukepeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gentrilieu.vn/userfiles/file/15647179376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be6c8b42f1---67062500124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/binatuzibamiwewosipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dermaktif.com/imgup/file/24042212170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprywatnaleszno.pl/userfiles/file/milemibix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fasaac.org/temp//files/lesibiwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ignv1feevkknbr39mm5hv98fj/43693925525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161210aa607351---35123275650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a03e428f5b---48021905928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/zedoxuxewuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crisismobile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fejajejegeferipolugoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a9ce3cf6073c21b9f45191ec5698757/51123003722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e04b816d0f---94337115485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa8bc41ef7e---rivepujexali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed4e8cc36a9632436121f7ffa5a58d7e/babikababumesurukaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/94611363661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workcoop.org/fckeditor/userimages/file/20210817172055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d07ecad72121da06ce93e3deead3876f/febusanov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=phase+4+polysyllabic+words+worksheetPDF 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_off0000cb02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB02 11020 bytes
SHA-256: 0e1eb828a1da966c4ae4bc29821bca8ec4dafbb75487b2432aacd675d5bef490
font_01_sfnt_off0000e4ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4AE 16748 bytes
SHA-256: bd463457cfc4f32e2d7ea2be8ae6c86e28cda9ebc5dfd6af7a9a767ff9b6b593
font_02_sfnt_off00010ff9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FF9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1