Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 556cd0749f48a25f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-22 18:13:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 21968ddce373fa5838100f452dcaa0bf SHA-1: d1ca95cf6b62420ffd021d72804a86ae3c086d90 SHA-256: 556cd0749f48a25fdff16b76f80a8806af938871cd2a1ff71eeb74a774fa7c31
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads suggests an attempt to deliver a secondary payload or phish the user. The document body, though obfuscated, contains metadata from wkhtmltopdf, and the heuristics indicate a link farm designed to redirect users, likely for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://rtvpuls.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tilenexipogosokeku.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://arenda-v-novosibirske.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43659510207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speak82.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/weramuvetatuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2ffddee377454782dacf3807b817fad/pidut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvitraders.com/files/12295860170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.multilandtours.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dijikotadevilonulimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budohurtsa.pl/userfiles/file/6809403520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teamwork-poetschke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50036436711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aba02425609cbbeebf1ea27187595b3c/54217597176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gawupebuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://circuitvietnamcambodge.com/hinhanh/file/22865095215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seatraderhk.com/userfiles/65731303146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bananamusic.tw/uploads/files/202109090759514622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kvarkeno56.ru/userfiles/file/zezodorujoxotogiwemebomef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietkevang.com/upload/files/mofekatizimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-echen.com/uploads/files/202108312057356107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cq43081fih1f1i954bfa2k3epq/jagataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mr-alian.com/upload/ckfinder/files/219812892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nenorm.com/files/files/tuzokuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sctiec.com/up_files/FCK/file/99186929216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nissanotogovap.vn/uploads/images/files/jizimireviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariapolis.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77025154273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ae2a8a7f0d---gunedipale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=hangouts+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000d102.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD102 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e914.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE914 18988 bytes
SHA-256: f588079e2271265a83c8e3f962bb188eb855b676c2a73486d96e7b0f47374aea
font_02_sfnt_off00011a81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A81 10548 bytes
SHA-256: 746aba06411537af86a4171af0632a1e6898c02d85b9cadd96d5e1354c353b96