Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56450ca2343d4255…

MALICIOUS

PDF

120.6 KB Created: 2021-08-15 00:56:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 24ec91a64beef06c72051f123e254fc0 SHA-1: 932576dd352df8d6583a1945fe78c53ba95243ee SHA-256: 56450ca2343d4255693e3d4055816c118f04b310fa2a6d214c123fab34615217
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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 http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/wujidoveput.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/88265543330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snqrsl.quebec/upload/editor/file/nuvejejilef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/33414155043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inruho.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wikamaxakowawarotalijal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c534feb8f935e7b7df9c5c710495238/wurisagubapeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-styleauto.com/js/upload/files/zubuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab8452149f5---71183176428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c667ba187c7dd4d59b69c27ff18f3f1/97658651785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zerosquareonline.com/file/muxetuwobowumuzifive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seikai.jp/free_images/files/nomuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charqueadaboavista.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5193b09b05d954157cdd0e5fd158ebd/delobuvuwiduwawuxane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varisistanbul.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607209419d184---15464662845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb98c5a139a07da6f3630313ca457642/88206693271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annassteen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11087255567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03a3096f30abe7e65f208d25d8b218a4/80263840532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba292c2417c651da3e75a8be6d9e9d60/finomamuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9444053315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819a0850a09---50055910580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3e43c7dbf8---roduwabeziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kgjq3l3lauena5s9dqk5vfd30/42753572811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/93888879408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexhealthnutrition.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/89344405393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hillsdale66ersreunion.com/clients/c/c6/c679c52642bc64dd8629b98fb95ccc77/File/1517423378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d566ca8c3ff989b61144b8d530bd9f6/76723114738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=stick+rpg+2+money+glitchPDF 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_off0001720b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1720B 18252 bytes
SHA-256: bc144a59c5861b625786e25f38041fed5737f2e555e5981b50aee2a63f198686
font_01_sfnt_off0001a22f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A22F 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 2592029604f04e1527d8bf220e5ad554abfc936dc141eb96cc084ba3596ddd0d
font_02_sfnt_off0001bb40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BB40 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1