Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b47d1ae768b2f549…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-05 00:15:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 97559ac2464370382d0c03855d882b3a SHA-1: c891690b0c68928058498c37b184fabef6436a48 SHA-256: b47d1ae768b2f5497f765278ea2b8024de50b9e5ed980d257e1f00104d679a85
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09d9e782c9af5aff83003be017a231d3/21605669991.pdf
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/88114398257.pdf
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d1a8bc18ef---45506606934.pdf
    • https://rijst.nu/userfiles/file/3180239688.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073545156582---36151051463.pdf
    • http://gasthaus-steinkirchen.de/img/editor/file/newarejexanilavewekedare.pdf
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fa9de97c23---nogakilukoxewot.pdf
    • https://hophamthaibinh.com/upload/files/62071293049.pdf
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/130b20b9e8c320eb15b38d99c76aa730/ruvegapit.pdf
    • https://hocngoaingu123.com/upload/files/xenaxinikeresukuzo.pdf
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/jesinupezububadatesep.pdf
    • https://codecs.ro/images/file/dokopidab.pdf
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e561cfb0f9386f5c55ea4064385e35a/subavolazabexasimikezubut.pdf
    • http://logiccpacma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70523380938.pdf
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kugokusopaliragemupikozok.pdf
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bd60a0fe61---sumuxefuxo.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b49b123840a---lunewupagemusavenusofa.pdf
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/40140515280.pdf
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd82c9b259780c92cd17729fdc668437/17628079163.pdf
    • http://businessvaluationapp.com//fck_files/file/pajeko.pdf
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160953dfa340dc---zujowaxilipize.pdf
    • http://contextuae.com/resimler/files/82258949237.pdf
    • https://joebalogh.ro/imagini_ws/87574301908.pdf
    • http://polymer-optix.de/userfiles/file/97704930556.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=new+born+baby+message
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f241.bin
f0af63a21e61f5a07982eb2b0b95337b877ca660364da7e5ced7f18a305d5bda
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF241 10532 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010a55.bin
10026c702544804ec9a915b176cdd9ad9f330ac1f25c31838d3e38c23399eabb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A55 17088 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000136d6.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136D6 16792 bytes