Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56f4da350495e3aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.3 KB Created: 2021-09-03 01:34:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: beb26b35c739740eef1bb9968050bee1 SHA-1: 175fe03fedc484a90f282e24224974a23950bf45 SHA-256: 56f4da350495e3aa886a8ac1c97e00dcafc3109b1ea51f00d6e7154e01a5e7a7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9880

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 https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6ckh4ocpaoekev9oisgkvdvno/51679499126.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.gpaci.org.br/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tigobozevibavovemevuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://threadworx.com/thread/admin/uploads/file/56353789581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snft.ro/media/file/gezizazolowab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueparadise.pl/userfiles/file/jabojedatefegotilawab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/zukazumaminulajazudibuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balaji-technology.com/userfiles/file/70598143241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altaspin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/61013441950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippon.lv/uploads/File/fijubemajesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makassitools.com/userfiles/file///12673575823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/33545163641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uclerbaklava.com/resources/file/17486680328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://majubesar.info/contents//files/ferope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zimaletto.com/uploads/file/89456457776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telegid.tv/userfiles/file/67091912593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cc39e8eaf0fa18165e5d73f9cd6d190/90956012738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ht8p9i8tdahpb5e6k6g58g3dpt/92676890026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouseofworship.com/clients/44803/File/36840322509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebb2507837fc19079dc31785e01df9ae/66989523859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mascgedcp30fbre8smvh3u8bn0/57007031228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3a1bb98713---vegewuxoxegoziravun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajarnveerapong.com/UserFiles/file/27905839103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89be528c99584ee12997c21fe2bc9ee7/nurinijavivekizafibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021062408290171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b60f783c9a5---zetujetavibomevox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cfd6c1a075---10832089308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=image+processing+analysis+and+machine+vision+a+matlab+companion+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_off00012ed9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ED9 11340 bytes
SHA-256: 42ee82885466f5965b2321c6a971755941a42dba7d37d9a7dd59769fc347fd11
font_01_sfnt_off000148e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000160f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x160F3 19012 bytes
SHA-256: 347c43f74c063074038ce19c6903d3c67569dc7504715adf39107dfd0caf495c