Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c47cc420875d6106…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-09-10 16:33:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 822e24d1d2bd197bd0d96c0376899304 SHA-1: ba205f3e3750bf8431215af2d730f0425bf360ab SHA-256: c47cc420875d61063915bee6217cf1106b945126e0774fad48c144815b86f3cc
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external files, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic and ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicates a phishing or malware distribution campaign. While no scripts were directly extracted, the overall structure and heuristic firings point towards a malicious PDF designed to trick users into downloading additional payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 https://ltssinternational.com/res/wysiwyg/file/witogadavikobotate.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://apskarota.org/userfiles/file/wurofuludazokulib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cardolf.ro/files/71101666361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/97039029832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radekslodkiewicz.pl/files/file/nosomodegopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dd944c02197944588a9e11cb8f5b25b/54397480445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/799385b0247ce8e154d9dd0023ed3f1b/xojub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilghirlandaio.it/userfiles/files/wojawelojozibikavasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirai-kankyo.com/userfiles/files/pufowigojemazifakatoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islaminkiel.de/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/bonudomisitogatipeginas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://escaletravel.com/userfiles/files/86890056412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvvc.cz/files/43271347422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kibunajcc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51868506645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roshnaai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62986961618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161326a03abba5---jezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zippy-inc.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/janatavakugefixapumaxiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fdc940dbc6---mufobekukikelazumuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cc-loges.com/uploads/file/dibegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journeypeople.cc/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ec0b54292f2d5dceaec05cdb01e92b3/nubakiwivofowivelet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://squarcialupirelaxinchianti.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/dorunudavuxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doina.md/fckeditorfiles/file/molerod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135579645af5---fonigilariluxadetopagal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poddertradingandindustries.com/userfiles/file/roguve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrenickels.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gokuzewajafiwezapowikiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+he+fell+in+love+123moviesPDF 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_off0000f636.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF636 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E4D 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 3cdc70413ec7405a9a33f3fb51ee10d7521129a88904d7eaf41ffe05bb2b8b42
font_02_sfnt_off0001266c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1266C 19768 bytes
SHA-256: bf1e81c3d8931670e77dc3c9bc6bf5d923b6d6ff9a77bf10564a5eb991bdb5a7