Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56e105b04e6be698…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-01 04:18:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 2b54b6a030902caf6df1872a16a8b761 SHA-1: 1d7bfe17561f2a3707e8fd1103cb70e5dd08f5f4 SHA-256: 56e105b04e6be6982ebb4d438c2017e1cf7bf18620f19ec60918ff8291be7ca3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm directing to numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://wf515345.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/90605026528.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://artdealer.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/1014fe939f7b5d3d8dc1719d54b8d5a2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/tidozurisefavowobewojaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pfmconsulting.org/survey/userfiles/files/7741602966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/64161978761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prasongp.com/file_media/file_image/file/zovepopigibumikuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/nimube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thic.net/plugin/ce1/ckfinder/userfiles/files/topanifajadekoxunubedaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amouage-salon.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xupozulabajoraxawireme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadgatecapital.com/userfiles/file/perisulajukunizumikolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c82a28521a61cd133b7d975a7811212/29966986467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bywuf.org/upload/editor/files/95800586202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serbanindustrialconstruct.ro/uploads/files/81240479735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meritumptt.pl/dokumenty/file/64301260286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suurelepa.ee/data/file/58800636397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaskinfamilyreunion.com/clients/b/b7/b798c9f9e2af69c3a5b950a06e4ade8e/File/piwarilufiwusolexavazezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maivietnamesecotati.com/uploads/files/47950399349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hb97taak618gpae4bm3ssdvv1d/tegepazutepubidagizikuzem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://addsfly.com/userfiles/file/87847178931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd12057414e02817129979db5ffcf107/soruxizelofut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/fizarepomipimobewoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sshs61.com/clients/6/60/60e739d5a8cf4a6710e4f064fd99417d/File/kapinirujugetije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mosjob.ru/images/file/xogasiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/pilaresameligofavezuwawif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=swollen+bicep+after+workoutPDF 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_off0000e969.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE969 17656 bytes
SHA-256: 23184672e98fab5fa3ecba801ba4f5e7db8dd3ebff8996b7c3269b9f9635e404
font_01_sfnt_off0001170a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1170A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F21 10800 bytes
SHA-256: e0c977e984c01553c05a10c73179ea9a6a1b7a02682c5cb1fb07a08bac7755a9