Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 be47cdf31479cf32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 23:20:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 203d08c82071c4649f351add845819b9 SHA-1: 676fbdc6941164560e9bd2e0a7a20cdfaf0bf347 SHA-256: be47cdf31479cf32c38bbd5463160d043a46e7fb714681af3cc86295fd9d01f5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised websites, likely to lure users into downloading further malware or submitting sensitive information. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' suggests these links are designed for deceptive purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=primary+sources+chicago+style
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba00bc452634c07e6cbddff76671d28a/zogadidokamanu.pdf
    • http://cintabogor.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/68965255278.pdf
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec6c0be7ad03b94041df1bd285e1d755/91124826433.pdf
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/623e2b357bef453ebd1cb11d0d64639d/pasetisiwobapute.pdf
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b53f7f03d---mazexanuvuderivado.pdf
    • http://altiro.nl/home/tjerk/file/13904019261.pdf
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ebbbbf899449fb577eaebb01e1d3d70/21350662066.pdf
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa976e98989---diwikerapuraduwukafobawe.pdf
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca0d0ed55a---buzej.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/76351225361.pdf
    • http://pumarecovery.com/userfiles/files/belixozewo.pdf
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3o6ckblfh9p5pbapvk5c32h822/65169903223.pdf
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41ff9d78253afb2ce90b29c166beff99/kavidul.pdf
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8335bbc5b0c8b94e6b34c77aacdb2591/piveki.pdf
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/pifijip.pdf
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88b2b80ffa160973bd39670caeea19a8/rojiso.pdf
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/55904016916.pdf
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/70759415902.pdf
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0v9ju5lt8oa7vpd0u5bo5ueqq1/68891961900.pdf
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a31ec2672---wobipanudolim.pdf
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6543eecf7976856490b759b6279b3fd7/9977943983.pdf
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n6ivt454890mjqeb08glf10uv4/kupenudovumudotut.pdf
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0k6c7shgvarrkjk9e69tr6bau/bexizapojimemafefisebex.pdf
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a12f2e1f3c5---86580393619.pdf
    • http://brmhn.com/userfiles/file/20210626074711_6u1bf2.pdf
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/nujudosavanisajokuno.pdf
    • http://...(access
    • http://...(accessed
    • 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_off0000fd92.bin
0b17c95160c49e7832648f076bec677d025b0e3261e3aab590e77057a9547d7e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD92 10788 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001167f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1167F 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e91.bin
d9c77aeabc07e9d983d9dd683fe189844430307c9a5312fb341a20eff33c3990
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E91 17176 bytes