Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b847f0c21024170f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-08-14 18:15:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 955430a87ddff5a8148499c29273d651 SHA-1: b65611e8293420c3311c5b1ab01ab798fd01fecc SHA-256: b847f0c21024170f9ae541b1536ffdaca41591b139219172f8b503826848b217
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high number of embedded links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

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 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://etcbt.com/userfiles/file/20190073140.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6roe6gu05d7cs31fso9qlvt7p7/20382971574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideatity.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zukaketixuxakepin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--hjrnskadeakademien-mtb.se/userfiles/file/jiwavogowowif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thriftstorewebsites.com/flash/thriftstorewebsites.com/file/94145837887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e0lomki2t7s4ja8g6in79m8qk/4789790637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nanyangtextile.com/userfiles/file/12221313089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stardentalcare.org/userfiles/file/5942995269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39temvov09g27ar421nht6frh5/35780476384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae9dc0c368b85f614b04cbb6a29aa34a/xosamewomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerd-pollak.de/userfiles/file/3467422098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumnerclassof1976.com/clients/4/49/49b54eafcc86ae0c30eb104ab8b91c7c/File/61483940380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7acde6aeed429d2d53c0c81e971ce387/87705199003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s9138sqjdam910pj69g8rl9pi0/rikuwuvazukifiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8092cdc046---53263013789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonkitty.com/webroot/img/posts/files/86380715715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb98906d9e8ae60c3480a204d3975cc6/bopujasosexirata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/6393645833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galluccifaibano.it/userfiles/file/zopokirupatelavirimoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea4f7bfc08---jegadofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitycountscleaning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3fbc3dae23e08ca0494fb2b985b13b3/84932398014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amoy-art.com/Upload/file/66567639411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8db3c2cf9---juxituziruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solis.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nulepale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=tom+and+jerry+movie+2021+streaming+huluPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED5C 11360 bytes
SHA-256: 5c75721a20a3b12d25b7547982a9d80ed54fba9df23ad04aed160b53931f0e01
font_01_sfnt_off000107c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107C9 19672 bytes
SHA-256: 05982d49685f327bce09022aedb32eba41a9b2b02c00694437038e9352867897
font_02_sfnt_off000139a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139A4 16360 bytes
SHA-256: 4d34db801e02c9dae2c86a0053b0825229c229202157a44f92a466ea3cd481dc
font_03_sfnt_off00014fe6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FE6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1