Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56c2907318cdc359…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-08-02 07:23:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 70902f3c8842101aac009535c1e7a469 SHA-1: 27f04e2bb9df4234c254f55b423c9439fc7b77ed SHA-256: 56c2907318cdc3594dbff1f30c0e0bf734cecf3e779b75f51441807fa9b851e0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a distribution point for further malicious activity or phishing lures. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607578c793f95---96688482153.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bef5372673ff11c3098b34f2274858a3/47804261296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/86621680586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9646c4f7378bd66080d2f5d51f88f0e/16420056403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f546ee17d73ac6c9c2da826830b2bca4/70234733218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cropscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/kokipofifudiwitonuxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tanriovermensucat.com/uploads/genel/files/44763111347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brkvinc.com/userfiles/file/44521369842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kbo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wegifemalikugesed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4o8o3ghj6n3am84huh7687rg6/58487157314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humboldthighclassof79.com/clients/1/19/19f040aad945c40a0acbd79abd3dc6cb/File/febodazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://professional-tuner.at/uploaded/file/87542192399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/wowuzefazije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noihoithanhtuan.com/media/ftp/file/31866655392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiace-yoshikawa.com/js/upload/files/71225202827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g2dic8ot94dsr3ej0fm79i4e1k/4415250496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d79656b1473---98820037142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d93d6b304a1---57191441586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd41944465ce6ff700bb6d9ba92f0513/46740492308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eviljoy.com/UserFiles/File/76780423069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720931a69c5---juvofurowujojikige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solee.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23174911976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massimosusto.eu/userfiles/files/19827253884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ceb67c0ac442a289efb2938a7b5ecee/pigebemafaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2fc297474---31393818300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=foundations+of+psychiatric+mental+health+nursing+quizlet+chapter+1PDF 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_off0000fa88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA88 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001129a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1129A 16636 bytes
SHA-256: a562081f7b9b8b50f284b0f3f7cbac73dd3b45afcbab9c77679062a0746f429a
font_02_sfnt_off00013dd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DD3 11516 bytes
SHA-256: 7c205a902ce0317a82f2e6a7212bebf8c0be1f884854ebdad344ee52df5f8942