Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b47a73edbf0fa5d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.4 KB Created: 2021-08-07 07:56:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: adbe227f3cd0baf3f5ff8701661aeff2 SHA-1: 665f3a067eee06878e167e994406497c5a0660af SHA-256: b47a73edbf0fa5d486198b12d6f124be12e0df6f9dfd3cfd6a0e64072bd61208
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ihnm1pfthtfn56glafc72e7e0/pegutupejime.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://imailbox.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/marisutenimigeresugele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiemdinhcan.com/Images_upload/files/45032177893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ihvanturizm.com/rsm/files/66681592137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubest.ru/images/file/50101024132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trafikyaren.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vnegtghqs0bj2hr4tdq0rvggc7/gimatoxijonobazufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081829d06a0b---5055516171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/126uh4ml129euo7uhgsitjjj8v/86635499747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vandientuchinhhang.com/upload/files/13622047019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a46769c3437---zudema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2m-m.eu/userfiles/files/xomalapes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc4247d569---fujipufetuxilelajawik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ebc20cd8e---48882950048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f7712a4f8---57871882276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/fomurojapesorudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5v8vnppjgh47me0k3rsokmvp2/50919624557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k5m5ea3eeb103ibocobrvhu7je/46974485693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fed500ce0c---45831482571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuvuongcorp.com/luutru/files/54205310755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c92a089bffb---76139556605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93423857537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6484d93af1f78694e512a42cca28b87/88193838465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eubeer.vn/uploads/files/42444790890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=anger+management+worksheets+for+mental+health+groupsPDF 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_off00011d60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D60 17908 bytes
SHA-256: 4ab04d7e59221a1e372a5344e7e035e0ef04993902dc2630e80ebd94572ebdba
font_01_sfnt_off00014cc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CC7 10972 bytes
SHA-256: 4cd6f10f8aba543c2f79b0d8240ae80f7b893e6401210be41ec3336dee600c3d
font_02_sfnt_off00016631.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16631 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1