Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e47a53cfbc7af67b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:06:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 200e6d52a8b945709ee7c67b4101b4ce SHA-1: bc08cf98af94d29f62c1d203b0f8a9f763b495f7 SHA-256: e47a53cfbc7af67b990a3e63ea26e73b23c1585aab86804c37abea5cc86ba40c
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to numerous external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters suggest an attempt to distribute phishing content or malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fighting+fantasy+pdf+collection PDF link annotation
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1d10ce196b---70801443689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwanbim.com/userfiles/files/lufewununonuvil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabolcsipeter.com/userfiles/file/finekipuveguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0798538be5---kejezobov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tanyadantus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/809148753ee7c68b68116ce4e43ece4e/gegotemogevejuxagagibovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vm1g65vcd7b11lgket7serj200/jinegiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acupunctuuryao.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tumejaduwirakubokurobofij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4571d41fc725a3df21f29b4e2ec1ebe1/34368089146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943a36353ff---kupekagipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68b0a78ede7ee72606ac5ffc23ebc094/dononopagaforupukotawewen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e04a55de0---mopajokopobodibulagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventcompany.org/clients/e/e3/e30ef11cf4efe639fe6592aa37b9cb94/File/vusadomigamexupelofap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16106260c00353---mufuwogagobek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7ccd37a3f4d3b570eca032becb528f4/30456323851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/pigolemok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/43008700663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096fd0661f2a---danelawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzjksj.com/images/upload/File/dutebuminunedisugasotiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tgkrpbndomg37vc1oscupdn8ip/56468904782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d9b578c03cf---levapalejodibuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48897e776175672d8945adeca07677d3/85407640804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/zatowuresof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptaki.info/imgekoprojekty/files/53499021085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marthatrotts.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa95f400340---85054018414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e17e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE17E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f990.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF990 18324 bytes
SHA-256: 381e40d6e95732493664c0924f44987a0d2b91ed553662d450dd2f5065886437
font_02_sfnt_off0001292c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1292C 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 6f83a6df9ae6c2382f31767a229bcbed8c61fed5b6e726e18fdaf0782aa8a0fb