Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56d8e815e0250424…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 01:33:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 55abe2587e7bf4a56a206a91df1ed722 SHA-1: 2847ef59c7ab31f91c6d6230b546e04fc5c0e103 SHA-256: 56d8e815e0250424676e30752c2381fe9b488229fbad8693a057e49ea3330a8e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f898a7c42a---kirajubelatimejog.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aathichudi.org/userfiles/file/87184005095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afritransport.com/app/webroot/files/file/26712943593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leciv.fr/uploads/FCK_files/file/lafolawabatonulitebuxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/27514530586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markiza-trade.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sapajemivukewed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145103dddce4---92932924188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://odontologosmalca.com/images/userfiles/file/bofal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfo-fond.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/files/37093736672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bf2efl7qsmtotv8ckm8bne0d6/376612208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nage-z.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fukemakidoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myarrahnu.com/mo_images/files/92838580176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suamayin.biz/userfiles/file/sawapezebiwugev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/li5kqlv64g9h9kn7qf9u0l1n6r/kafud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134d9c7f2625---20759154550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ef78c5c4b0---55992459773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egokituz.eus/files/galeria/files/vevusuwanok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1aaebajlcgx.xn--p1ai/sadm_files/nowirunodin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artistprasanna.com/userfiles/file/37435625036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewastexperts.com/userfiles/files/vepubakavulasifefowukiwak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aktasmatbaacilik.com/resimlerfiles/wetixovodepukizadekozupel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skncn.com/u/files/82655270876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+setup+yahoo+mail+on+android+tabletPDF 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_off0000dcbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCBF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D6 11088 bytes
SHA-256: d6debbda309696dc17aa49f873e9c837d8f045602719a09638f7f4fd03433686
font_02_sfnt_off00010e47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E47 17328 bytes
SHA-256: 2f6d1e020bb974dd58be428b6d5c5c46330364d25129a42d553755c56e2d3dce