Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 560be8b321d4c1e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.7 KB Created: 2021-09-02 09:03:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c89f467a4bf4ce862a90a2f05cf701dd SHA-1: 776e80b8195e2fb46c3542dd9309c0d7dea65e33 SHA-256: 560be8b321d4c1e9e3b12c243f0d3bb0ef073579316e21e67255a19bdb0906f3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing sites. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or download process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=harrison%27s+principles+of+internal+medicine+20th+edition+pdf+free
    • https://burkina-businessschool.com/business_school/uploads/file/pepuzej.pdf
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/jemarinatefurewisom.pdf
    • http://pogotowienaukowe.com/Upload/file/57693493347.pdf
    • http://suriyedostlukdernegi.org/image/files/pakufelazaxatupezixaseti.pdf
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/guhbrb4piimg3sraih6dqen2n5/wakowosefagelibefabip.pdf
    • http://cck-brno.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sidotu.pdf
    • http://thementalhealthadvocates.org/files/userfiles/file/4554261231.pdf
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/tanawologekiz.pdf
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/fofosimuveligij.pdf
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160923c5013865---25444244463.pdf
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608793dc4d85b---24441097965.pdf
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d23814638d---beparagakodaramaxixawufu.pdf
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a040722d3cbac59f5448dbe9363a349f/93319972619.pdf
    • http://www.saito-ken.jp/userdata/file/50052072295.pdf
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2e5665c652---webuzasesufewidimud.pdf
    • http://studio5r.com/userfiles/files/maloxotekux.pdf
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44fa3a7fcc8c847017477b495cadc7e3/98516353541.pdf
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3c3d8583bf---11960544578.pdf
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39a993a83e883cf15823131fe074c2a1/31614136657.pdf
    • http://9meclinic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99014166207.pdf
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/fojirujalode.pdf
    • http://oroblupiscine.it/userfiles/files/89111033914.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e783.bin
ce919953a51ca83c282026e644a58c1d51624490cb273f2a5058c5fcfdcc4ba8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE783 17832 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001158d.bin
89381333641a3d73b0bb2f367c93f426cb40ddd9882184a5996a4bdd3ad7d897
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1158D 11152 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012f6d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F6D 16792 bytes