Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56fc2478b397bd1f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-07-08 01:24:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 87db829f2480cd98e2693cbd206a2c61 SHA-1: d3b82a51556c47c09b0fcd4daf508e8aeb11be00 SHA-256: 56fc2478b397bd1fbcd3e800bc4b19bb271ea6aca29e668d95baa85949594214
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content, potentially for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=csc+sec+cot+meaning PDF link annotation
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077850f5c80d---gakup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70cgm3cd3rfq74vh5l1qh3rqol/20112646184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210507075728_1741453755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleiuri.ro/userfiles/file/faravaxexowumixekezivafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12547209293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/leje4mom7u4f2b5astsbht5m0f/56647041415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b68e20196d0---govelofivafutiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c68a9860b9---33710785716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.cz/data/file/zewewidixesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/jofelibefudunase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/lisowoturigajesebufed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fritz-fahrlaender.ch/download/pizaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865e39cc05e---xakewekawujurudaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2e4a3e2c52e009ed84a50d2bf79dc3e/tedapovebako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf9c204f76a---32841900240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topinsolventa.ro/userfiles/file/52667270124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efbfcbd4437fb7a1db8c98ce6c138da2/tepedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sambelteri.com/contents//files/14405647003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607666247d768---biwujuketovoliweviwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca5cb49706---tipufapej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/71820022240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ed5e166b5---wogixifenatidiwuguromowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lqueur1a48hmg80a047h5f2guu/nasufebub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c243cf3f7ee826fbda051ca85dae59a/roxejafetobarami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8tcve9ue925bbj8nqnsucq5u14/75146980705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nensi.si/upload/file/dotozebinupeke.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f60f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF60F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E21 26408 bytes
SHA-256: b201ce53ca7c5d69c03ec56a1d9f5f7f1bb8abbc8d95683b87e89ea292822c3b
font_02_sfnt_off00014853.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14853 10456 bytes
SHA-256: f3b1c5f261f7b7fb447d598eeb59aa9924a3c1550a999205a43e00d991e9093f