Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e47b8c4f09f3889d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 03:32:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 9aa1ef9eebd9cf747f7124a427e2c3d0 SHA-1: 1f040c0d23ee7281f4155272e5c646d06b87cd55 SHA-256: e47b8c4f09f3889d1bac795ef7c55b4fd8a94cdecd39a0ccec5e2ed945e3f587
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161302eb22719d---76701834621.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.macrolepidoptera.hu/userfiles/files/88319429595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://subded.org/userfiles/file/menorakugisaroredapujut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tensoinox.com/userfiles/files/17725548277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://testsitehq.com/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/39816058842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb748b65f9c---virikagajuzof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/181f77fd3d152eff3115063105d1061c/17144336832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suthuytinh.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/60232978991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3baqnu4nho6n5tvj7b6vh44q0c/10426748328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56cc6f1bb27f98c34c08f5ad68da6044/jerofaferagivezofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acf63b72ebf7f4857727a3430098ae80/23074853883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okzawidow.pl/img/upload/files/mebivotapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607259fdb2a5f---8640090657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/87536324866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogathoitrang.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/kiruvipisonukugasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/wimisovili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prcomponents.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45920960919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03a100ecea---batenuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liweisteel.co.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72480119902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900a2ad77ce---paxovuxorofob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srldirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lewerowomufipibatilabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ht4s1taj6f22lfsm8t95csiu7n/kozowitebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biholka.cz/uploades/userfiles/file/toxifuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aec48b8f6a4---31765389530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=social+media+marketing+book+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000b7d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7D2 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 4f5f0091b1894cb5bf60887e17fe51a516d41739721e8d25f7e8271ec2264d5d
font_01_sfnt_off0000d193.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD193 15096 bytes
SHA-256: ba2f587f0d62fee007feed1e1865b45edb85166d3dd50edb4df1b3f930c61330
font_02_sfnt_off0000f740.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF740 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1