Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56065467ef1b12a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:05:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 5f47ef9035e3e48c62df8419a35c3df2 SHA-1: 740ac6eb568f95c8a5c55fa186277f7f694d4b28 SHA-256: 56065467ef1b12a9256eed8fe9d8785270af190a9c4b6ee1729ed8a2aa990606
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, specifically as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ClamAV detection of 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/luraxijalopipofo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fdcb5de0a6---80780138425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/dixuluzolufuxexudas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralgiving.com/media/userfiles/file/13167804255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612d517467607---44986606046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bec3dba6742---7034980465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e68e03c65c92c3b821b20d3d2decf92c/87752245252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horizontire.com/userfiles/file/92203202205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d8bc62dcd7---24511172638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917e2b4d729---7823368007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnzhongkui.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/uploads/file/220455524304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4f7f07acd417c3909a87acd72d7e6b6/rurisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888de7044ae---gagofoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/minuwatafusalexisideb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa944d2b39b6f8044158c5fb1b04b49d/gokeziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f9e30d34d95592a66b4964ff7a9e19f/52383364617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6cf3ea56f7---64955198675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gonguyenkhoi.vn/upload/files/84773033310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michelschuurmans.nl/images/uploads/file/venodofefijogalote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7evb1ob4bkau6rii6hk78q9uo/34153238104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://g-shocktou.com/user_file/file/91874461229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7907823f4b5814d8ce753f6d3c7c9fc0/99866254587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/67177158547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/vokumekupigivezudetonura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrenickels.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuxezepufufulasikif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=exercice+de+physique+5eme+sur+l%27electricit%C3%A9+pdfPDF 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_off0000e298.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE298 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000faaf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAAF 11268 bytes
SHA-256: 3bcc7517d75ef9db9feb04a7ec74d369388122e68432cfce42b912b2aee7d2e8
font_02_sfnt_off000114b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114B3 21864 bytes
SHA-256: 6e9af70e1e9078b31ebfc9833ef9f7e89c822075373918e0f8662e3c5e8f6e61