Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56712b59e0a1c5cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:08:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 225b4802406f083927fa20656ee622f0 SHA-1: 9a45a38225fd57724b426fe8b4198ed56e96452c SHA-256: 56712b59e0a1c5cdaafcfe9bef8cded81ead3e121aaf7c94771aed9b7fb96ceb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a link farm directing users to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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 http://penzionklara.cz/userfiles/file/39434913158.pdf
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4697755c6d3558c96542da4e385836ff/81208255499.pdf
    • http://urbanconstructions.org/images/uploadedimages/file/basof.pdf
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/npgr1rbqutgjesp8lan2unih92/81322256261.pdf
    • http://tamilannuaire.com/var/www/vhosts/vps296430.ovh.net/tamilannuaire.com/images/file/fetavujenipusa.pdf
    • https://prestinireedcorp.com/userfiles/files/wumaloliva.pdf
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/958602c109bd3cfc71e13f8a5d107c16/remevusejesulufaxuru.pdf
    • https://mtmnetwork.net/uploadEditor/files/dixekikabeteto.pdf
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2199nn4u6io9a85pgs7i6pav50/wopekurexotapapudakelux.pdf
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/sunafukipavetesedibavutex.pdf
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e620758143---97765172285.pdf
    • http://gptools.net/userfiles/file/dibesedisaxozolikan.pdf
    • http://tplustech.com/images/ckeditor/files/devepifosolobarotolimamim.pdf
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f355ee419c---nogivipuwuzupidexoto.pdf
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0b4160b005c9c253e77f6c2326e190d/neduzetufexerubo.pdf
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/15661951292.pdf
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/47325369958.pdf
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608682ab483bc---valojebuxo.pdf
    • http://hutbephottaihaiphong24h.com/upload/files/mumijiporopikawedanoji.pdf
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9fe6afec276cfd43b4df34b251a9b3b/49138765971.pdf
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/vomemusix.pdf
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c961a8f508---kexekilud.pdf
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9f855548d810a638caf17a85db6dbdb/58253139124.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=double+pointer+array+in+c+example
    • 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_off0000f3b6.bin
033c392d88823f9c5402789f30a412fe00249ed30dab469de9644a427622582d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3B6 10824 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c78.bin
2c6bd042eec9989cb9e6df98363ddf4d7d1a620e4fd175f68e72517fe8aa55b2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C78 17920 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013c0d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C0D 16792 bytes