Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56b89ba4c6b1c8da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-07-07 21:20:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: c780bd632a76922f7c2ec324f4da6f0c SHA-1: 34f749412c2f67838593a03dca217f147b9b4e26 SHA-256: 56b89ba4c6b1c8daefc0aef126156853388a88f813ff8250da0aac487ab280ac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code within the PDF, likely to download further payloads or redirect the user. The extensive link farm on various domains, including those appearing to be compromised, indicates a phishing or distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

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=another+word+for+nauseous
    • http://massimomoroni.it/userfiles/files/rugumutego.pdf
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fm77vvnhv7037o1h0lt4sc6rk5/kumowekiletu.pdf
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d2d83c81a6---21813345153.pdf
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jnr9cjkpqka2agtp3bcf25l6n2/wiravinitanegibaxizabefew.pdf
    • https://hpsoft.shop/upload/files/kizudemuzimif.pdf
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab503a68bdf---48194362626.pdf
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2021053114525717.pdf
    • http://kino-cosmic.ru/sadm_files/1098814335.pdf
    • http://africansafaris-spain.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php?Command=FileUpload&Type=File&CurrentFolder=%2Ffile/gejomanajegowativade.pdf
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e06cb6f94---debisejekijukiwig.pdf
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941787e8a40---dojavubufagoweku.pdf
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eb28c213dc---38729226606.pdf
    • http://noahsmarinesurveyors.ca/userfiles/file/zagixagoboderodaxanalef.pdf
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6b432e708---85391335049.pdf
    • http://pokewaveanaheim.com/uploads/files/5911801693.pdf
    • https://kidneystonetreatment.in/userfiles/files/tonene.pdf
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/16020266869.pdf
    • https://voziky-paletove.cz/mctree.cz/pictures/other/files/zuzukuvarezumodifuxejin.pdf
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a648b7f011c---78761400782.pdf
    • http://mabo-meccanica.eu/userfiles/files/majuwesekadito.pdf
    • http://skyrun-arser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210625000913302321xfs6cx.pdf
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9db0b940e---94530479936.pdf
    • http://baliretreatcenter.com/olabali_ci/media/images/newsfiles/logarijetelukof.pdf
    • https://vietnaminsight.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mirebedaserefi.pdf
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/31617059083.pdf
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f30221be5---85232092671.pdf
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899ecfe5330---59944749726.pdf
    • 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_off0000e2a0.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2A0 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fab2.bin
c0789e0f90484e366935157bde2d3e6a66d6f5db822de55cfcccb6a4e4f8521f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAB2 17032 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001268f.bin
7080f611611c4e928009cacffa7020bc05d0fd1f46a41448d46953d1d90846f2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1268F 10480 bytes