Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c47d5c6d090d1f17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-08-10 13:23:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 5f1285521fe8d9fb7cdef2796ab7fbcc SHA-1: afa92c80c532dd66af1dc042a9578970772c3be5 SHA-256: c47d5c6d090d1f1784afc4f7e4d78b555dcfa32ee6b5d06c23e4a36c2b9112b4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories, a common technique for hosting malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users into downloading further malware or engaging in phishing. The file's structure and heuristic firings suggest it's designed to exploit users by presenting itself as a legitimate document while redirecting to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b975e7072---87660552342.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a7b63e6d860cbed2a96c3cb07c94df8/23610425545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westtech1963.com/clients/d/d4/d4250bc21dcbbf02d7f9bc68df143add/File/fewowapevekogavexelude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huntland.hu/upload/file/mexevadakejubutifadamulax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vnsteeldetailing.com/UserFiles/files/teguvaxukatos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logistra.fr/ressource/site-image/files/lenofanisefuxolux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f22b3e3201---rejosutapudupinesidikator.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mlkep0m8g2blcp59o4q12v4r9r/66179188134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antichigelsi.it/userfiles/files/pujugalosus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec55d14d9c46e02e616fc6f39431470e/jinorasumozixarot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1004aadbc---104131100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a91b1155b75---tuponekaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ccf94d9404---xetaturopav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://combrooncom.com/contents//files/19351288233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3fdc60fe0d---27721634692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burnettefamilyreunion2021.com/clients/867108/File/66751677462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzqzg.com/d/files/88007355958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2062fc86d5---digujarugamedaposepilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igruppe.no/ckfinder/userfiles//files/73623646409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3164gtrit63pkm96kuv0l82ia0/27941394962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/494104797a40109f6473524d2e708f41/3333311464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a657dc367de---8017014181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frangarcia.eu/upload/file/98706208120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/985rna9k6b7t3hchtsb86q96r8/dadagoramive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=the+perks+of+being+a+wallflower+movie+reviewsPDF 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_off000108e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108E6 16956 bytes
SHA-256: 6b51becedf32bc9b211d0108ba0321b1384e08031e85cc72efdfaff025673d85
font_01_sfnt_off0001351f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1351F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014d36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D36 11056 bytes
SHA-256: 6bf563aee698bb029b55c86bedb7b0d9c7dab2f57dc4c9b89acf1e196dc431f1