Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56449ed6e3506c5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-07-01 22:55:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: c737a4d8848e09b57071e3834b49ca6a SHA-1: 14f5983890b7a1ff4a72f04731b05e759b83895b SHA-256: 56449ed6e3506c5a91b7f85b0b06d3473cf0764b67548fc9bd0b191eec7dea16
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content, potentially for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=polymorphic+wide+complex+tachycardia PDF link annotation
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9b5acc6aa---sunopinenidememekujivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/90701685226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/19480746740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sindonis.com/userfiles/file/fobiwiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/mejikexuwevaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://incoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/dazimijenipowetebub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b6d4c47f437517fdcfab400204bfca3/mabixarafubawiweguvanad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63dc85bc8ee5e4f0a20dee681b5422b7/rusumalim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polimak.pl/userfiles/file/46615972313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a464bbd00fa---89156357815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e16b3ce61---bokeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609619a62381c---berawiwotukamup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qor2krb824rgof3r9b3bgl1vl3/19361478513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba4e7c4bee---logebupajamozeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cr5dsrjc9tu816lkch1dgi1fv1/jimurijifazepokipiwutaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e47b542abe0555807bfed1bd0f836d0/64371994310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reitinguok.lt/userfiles/file/ximinigapinirejurofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sayurmateng.com/contents//files/53578510557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824db67a932---xerotavewakotojenexibixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf9839484681261db642485911bab922/xumodebowifukatelega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/25374061871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ctctcfcv7d4p8hnajsgm9abqg2/16533279913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirandatutoringcentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade4f66aede---jokawegagiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4c67485beb---bekuresivugubejuwi.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_off0000f4b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4B2 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 7892e81f1227589ac1a11736cc298e90108ae264bcc82be88556eb4d8700d2b5
font_01_sfnt_off00010dae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DAE 17904 bytes
SHA-256: e68b72407093370d20ea359009caedc0cf876e0c8de1017da13ad60ecd21cd79
font_02_sfnt_off00013c2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C2F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1