Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b56220518cace276…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 17:48:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f4244179742ecdbe103f110a6ff5a45e SHA-1: 310fea0799d20387edc6f3bba955a89ef0aca37a SHA-256: b56220518cace2768fba60940022cf8fc8efa69bee1e5600b58c3cf72dae8874
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to redirect the user to a malicious URL, potentially for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=integrated+soil+management+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c5c4e9260---9114140727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cryptobasics.biz/uploads/files/69985379117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sartoriaventurini.com/userfiles/files/48408445854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a21d1c3d5cc---89483744148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53pkd17ctcdt1vkp2lg32fdvo1/fefusumumojotetotosam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pazzo.jp/js/upload/files/dofexawejazorigisatok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxlmedu.com/file/files/20210730_012800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debsecond.net/UserFiles/File/vabefedepegaxusafizugum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/54669720745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetworkingpro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mebodekuxufejejerudafefow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersonassoc.com/emailimages/file/68389931719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa31817af7a---42804004171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c98683fe0d---8600813329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897716cde57---pekazetepopawulolekemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/74894394262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasivn.com/upload/ck/files/79477301651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transbur.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vilowek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flynewsletter.com/uploads/file/98419400495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/47137659514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindspacepsytherapy.com/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210628171738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadafashionbelt.com/Uploads/file/56412963266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/lonukulanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://devcons.org/uploads/userfiles/files/gexekidisajikaxerawed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15441707.com/data/board/file/20210726121123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccfcbbaddc0469482fc7f746196056ea/sepedalulofezaxolep.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_off0000da94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA94 10792 bytes
SHA-256: f8c4ff8771d79547b1fdb8c347115f15253651c2320898c6c230b70c5264aa7a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f331.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF331 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B43 17308 bytes
SHA-256: 06cb5e6fe01241af2372c5dead132272d5dbd4e2d776655c761df6e9328c9812