Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56b93ea432a696a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 09:07:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 456a3057eb53ed4f3f21432b308c01e7 SHA-1: 9f633335fd43d798290c414961cdd77b16317f36 SHA-256: 56b93ea432a696a92b6ea8b87ef26ab3d4ee72916d5f4ed745039f48ad55028e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 http://alsumiri.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b82ade51562f40b79701e231d96c71e/dobiwix.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9e187f4a5---66294342893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tid2frq9tq7t369o412mije9fr/ximifumimusutavalena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/80099279762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chandigarhdatarecovery.com/files/file/78928430586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/20826870657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96620gm8vn2s06aifq97dcf8k7/57956434645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o79av69abka850ab6c.com/upload/file/202106092306597774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b75181e4d8d---vixapanaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fbab27d722---89317894328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a298d0d71---folaxowubexozupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wisdomtours.net/upload/file/35012335201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096a9676e5f3---waxexuzikuruzip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9hvcjsgpl27d4vd61n17f4oev7/50403751941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47dbe4504e52125a8de5b8112f96a3c8/82328840914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/talapuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2b0c005f7---77543626266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/76025675428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbf73ca75bb2e3b3a0d903dfd1d3cde6/24831527366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kassa.pl/userfiles/file/12065056903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6up9ff766dfhumpbmto4gcp6ns/notukivefin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14473bb6edcc3567ae755bdd4933f254/penowaxetiwekarekamegemut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=best+wow+tbc+private+serverPDF 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_off0000f0c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C4 17672 bytes
SHA-256: 8fa3d47a3304eb8809278ee463050a80847864cf1c1aea5cc0ecffe704a11a5b
font_01_sfnt_off00011f35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F35 10560 bytes
SHA-256: a7879424474ee5bb7941a571bf2503c6722abb9003db0e9522f6e2fea8dbe905
font_02_sfnt_off00013761.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13761 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1