Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56b248c1b16d9277…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.8 KB Created: 2021-09-17 02:54:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d495178d3a6d71f01a0476a07af0241e SHA-1: 041a57f100aa259d25f0743858cd1efbde8ca0ad SHA-256: 56b248c1b16d9277fe065c0b1bd921191a91ae2812238f4a5f268267d83a2b9f
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including an image-only design and embedded links. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 67 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://sandsflooring.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29845902066.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sun-green.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79669736184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/xixovivogogiletepufizaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tizianaiberti.it/userfiles/files/58462662744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a519da4b9e---pisefukatija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93820389cd42c2d3e2de3f2f420e3a5f/notekinunesowuvafuxupebok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetamblj.si/ckfinder/userfiles/files/midepafavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onishi-kyosendo.jp/archive/dunujotalaneno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cancercareresearch.com/userfiles/file/50993974997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phucatgarment.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48162063697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudoku-cool.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sevema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmuniontravel.com/userfiles/files/wanuzurafas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b4e5741c6e203c9cbd93d845de57f96/32326149389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekhoron21.mn/uploads/files/kujozaxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everywheregenes.com/uploadfile/qu26_qu106_com/files/jabuxatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartopack.be/Images/file/62556015085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.restaurant-latableedevercel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kokojomanozidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawauang.com/contents/files/87947008537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiorenzuolatrack.it/userfiles/files/10909771971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hqshop24.com/userfiles/file/27866977850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://langmoon.jp/js/upload/files/fozuzonamoxosomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arebiatours.com/uploads/files/fugeduguvujopajoneje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142c530a00d1---bagorewalomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=android+application+downloader+for+pcPDF 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_off0000aea6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEA6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c6bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6BD 10512 bytes
SHA-256: 4d8951860b66165fca8191d2ea38cb508dea4902c0cd1fc6c8376e30abdcaa40
font_02_sfnt_off0000ded0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDED0 14060 bytes
SHA-256: cc0461eb8def9a658e08abe83334c6d816957f7662c7ae7cc1eae7215af3738f