Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56aa90331b9467d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-24 20:07:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 94d4fae80f95e5db1a976841f2af40ba SHA-1: 380db8a95e91b87ae9eeed89287c71acca91684d SHA-256: 56aa90331b9467d68c9701e56432b629394b39ed7c41ee951e52e26491f68c27
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nntadg0cicj0j6qvpeov4ndg0h/45912433248.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/taregubabebobofaropikuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b57b971535f---44884025832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sadcmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f384otr5l1sqppi98g4mk838qf/tujitopomubas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knshzj.com/CKEdit/upload/files/jukiperudomawogan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97f749cb2ec52ba755652533b4d17742/fuzividu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinniescustoms.com/userfiles/files/14590219626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02e6415711af67e57c1d642935bc734e/lafijufibatotugusunos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinellerinsaat.net/UserFiles/file/tafowelowexujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/xurudezib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a123a074dca---93244009429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082189a01c97---62837031839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e52af842962---teniwelok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochosushi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080b33030645---wafegozurezetana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608765a01752e---29431548922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factinet.com/uploads/files/bimemofagitajiwolanugaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delawaretravelmedicine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bad2a823d6---suniluvamez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/weliloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lctrading-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nototamixetuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160849c1fd230f---27201038997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac81a756171---lasabopisupuwitavalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glycocalyx.nl/userfiles/image/file/82484184546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samurairamenbar.com/uploads/files/66695442446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083663a5406a---dekomipogisetujaxasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apronorte.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92078247562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=solidworks+flow+simulation+tutorial+pdfPDF 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_off0000e837.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE837 16544 bytes
SHA-256: 1b67301b61212bd0d14e5366f0e1ccaf56aee218eacd73337fffae09980a9d9e
font_01_sfnt_off00011322.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11322 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B39 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 910b0971290f2aa75843893e0cfb16a7cf56c46dfe3fc273738a61ffb0e5d989