Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56297b934bf88b35…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 18:17:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 56015cd042914760a7d00714e53b1cc0 SHA-1: 0d053c7faf938e5cd5ea9b26cc604e7aa01418d3 SHA-256: 56297b934bf88b35d097d88be282f479b86d496b5167d15afcc570a92ffaf071
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9844

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=prokaryotic+and+eukaryotic+cells+do+cells+have+the+same+structure PDF link annotation
    • https://aromamarketing.md/img/files/gulirogepumed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seedomoretravel.com/files/files/96574560885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161306023d5573---48268071143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ef2b422466---90287241141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namuvaldymas.lt/userfiles/file/nowirurimozaporokozikud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/202196614501302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maraulsan.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9820196997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istvietnam.com/rich_editor/file/xaranogagonugokavetetuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://restauraceeverest.cz/userfiles/file/vewupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vonschickenconcord.com/uploads/files/lezanolamamikevudimop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161480433914b4---89281400988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedule-plachty.cz/files/file/16446655023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodonionfestival.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/646169352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b5303b4d096f75bea93a302702d3124/43330432337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tekmaker.com/upload/files/binuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlapcongtykiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/dovesakanasinup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corse.annuaire-regional.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98205367316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorfulmedia.de/fotki/fotki/file/varekomizamevanorez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aow.infogestnet.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91932040273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137308f7ad4a---wavagizaxuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16148757285425---wozesiwulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connatlas.com/home/conn/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70510877458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.civilhospitalpalampur.in/img/uploads/files/sefunezaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccskin.com/geektic/files/xigekogoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202109041836587003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montazerangroup.com/uploader/file/29999429753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/pofefulupoduzobogaxas.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_off0000cefb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e70d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE70D 16724 bytes
SHA-256: 8473bea28400875195c35e2c4ffe54f78405108d991e9594b5b405fbd538720c
font_02_sfnt_off0001123d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1123D 11008 bytes
SHA-256: 52ee19eebec3ae5ffc5093475502e0f75324e89d2f75124e416be92f538709ca