Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56da9f90f4b09fb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.3 KB Created: 2021-08-17 16:29:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 8e2b8280cf826c08bfb5aecd4503a6f5 SHA-1: 078bd1d968206fb547386a064319d7b83b399312 SHA-256: 56da9f90f4b09fb91cddafcab3d46fa3fbb51ed7cd076594fbed3ae40f12420e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9925

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fallout+4+heavy+weapons+melee+build PDF link annotation
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aad7352c5be---xonalobovogime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094e37ad0847---42933876031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietrocknet.org/app/webroot/img/files/wobokokaninedavuluweleniz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7k407jn01kg11k3o9qpfbspn1a/jidusobiwevoferudola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/madigiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archi-m.ru/userfiles/file/fumigalije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5da505fe0f---tapipokepila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34bcd71fc9e836b5a9af95812e6364a3/kexavovugaguwifekub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26f4b5042ded083dc4da5327f7d1afe3/pisetokusadedejobut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocb-ap.org/file_media/file_image/file/xojul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/53462900762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennycojewelry.com/userfiles/files/202107/1627196669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/images/blog//file/36986369416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highlandernepal.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8635172972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalensi.com/public/File/950020055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8bpdh08950ilbt2uf46i6i87m2/85086571835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fcb2539526---47196849739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibtaker.ps/userfiles/file/83876949722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9824abf87bb07307a3997b89cf881659/43065952329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090123eb2306---4608595530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/dovezilojumojewim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98e587424c4304268a62b41d245b1de3/68085746155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67a6cf22c9cfb9e9af016d8e06909025/2574896892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ffa2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA2 17968 bytes
SHA-256: 88eee05997004d63fbdd9ecebc5d3b8bd73e804d4eafed0577a4200922d66881
font_01_sfnt_off00012deb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DEB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014602.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14602 11116 bytes
SHA-256: d6ff9e324bf5bb41ab6b0ed57179b6409bb18f851d9eb6f8b7f12dfd209de18c
font_03_sfnt_off00015f9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F9F 16344 bytes
SHA-256: 756b691c13b983eafa03e47aa9f0b6ad58d5b72d5a208688d70894321573a878