Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56d920c115c6bf8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:20:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d8f76228e0b5a5b089816fd2721d1c7c SHA-1: 9526be9689566c7ad4bd1ebc30056faff61ac282 SHA-256: 56d920c115c6bf8a300096838d5ecd0a633eca2e2d0632a83a4e2e51e568438a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to execute malicious code or redirect the user to phishing or malware download sites. The numerous external links, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, further support a phishing or malicious content distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba0253b2066---zosulijepepelozisepos.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://blueleaves.ru/userfiles/file/63993248744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fcfd45fee819e4e8b59cfb22f546540/sopebakanagejolafiten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://media-get.ru/userfiles/files/55554967638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c293e93c1a8e3e5280889f8629a513bb/vikevemapipujenajofefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galettedesrois.hu/userfiles/file/filum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunarfactory.com/userfiles/files/48621768470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c240626fa887e562b4f005c2e68c7af5/45786497999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/58862256584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3aeeca42faa1d60b3ac364928dffb979/fewofusone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/77587173863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spiuruguay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99656859067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0cc3dbb0fa---tebofupel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eths1967.org/clients/6/6b/6b000f7c2bca5b3a89f93fde6b54c5e6/File/17790658204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/fodalilaranopef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariomariani.it/userfiles/files/19533829268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/77547668089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cfda4bedf2---83098818012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/34463716757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daynexweb.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wimafewebabukulilalasat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siposferenc.hu/html/vidasewagorekesakerar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vertracapital.com/uploads/files/buvumemus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/73316552267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipkeo.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kazowigifijupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613491cd9bbe0---72245977126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=inicia%C3%A7%C3%A3o+ao+hermetismo+-+magia+pr%C3%A1tica+pdfPDF 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_off0000db6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB6C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f37e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF37E 19840 bytes
SHA-256: fb171f8552bfda06a1d28aea2b2c4b6a00d4e9fdfbe6171bbd7076d586a3e9f4
font_02_sfnt_off00012561.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12561 11652 bytes
SHA-256: 5fc4718dab50fc666e0b7758f21485a740f0813c969f53862ae7c146606587a9