Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56345bf8eed9323b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 19:38:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 55467551e3b16a0e612294ae1604dd4e SHA-1: 4d6d6b89079d2cc2ac18a2ea1e8643a2435c8fcc SHA-256: 56345bf8eed9323b021523e394010793c3b2fd9fe7f6f52df2298cd1d164fda7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to phish users or deliver a second-stage payload via the linked URLs. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=genetic+engineering+research+paper+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0215216001620682662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbbnbtte4cyg.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lujijigutewof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80adpfaaeictf0c6c7i.xn--p1ai/public/file/bibam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07e00ab48d557cd3565984a8ec510ff5/38551671033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nena-artspace.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/baginuwowusige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://khyatiinfotech.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roxivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fef0fd1447---95705405578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kueapem.com/contents//files/21657081839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peak-experience-europe.com/images/blog//file/peporetogemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akwarella.pl/user_uploads/file/47578868909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.cn/upload/75503371011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b88a8abdc47---46890409628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiinamotors.com/js/upload/files/rewufifavedefopezifev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faluze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupkaishan.com/d/files/ruviposolomusopipib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergladesharvesting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/misaxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://editora-arara-azul.com.br/site/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zilonakopozevejus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djennebeads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/96652484190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plkorea77.com/ckupload/files/kafarimupak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raffaelecavazzoni.com/userfiles/files/dimujimetojufana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a861872b1b8ee925a4b3691f42f032b/20192123592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f53077995a---63117162694.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_off0000dac6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAC6 18368 bytes
SHA-256: 1508b4254f861d73e74acea7b911daca84a23ede6406a4ab427315c58ebcaea4
font_01_sfnt_off00010a1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A1E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012235.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12235 10772 bytes
SHA-256: dd1811fb8ec7605dd921d98f77c8cc16d86aa91193ac96043b648763c5269993