Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b56e2fc3c6b7bd91…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 02:49:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: e03220e58da7d664f1a6f887bb9a2f40 SHA-1: e2327ccd14a4c1b3536d3a891dbfeb6f49c7a810 SHA-256: b56e2fc3c6b7bd914f5dac458a1dd6c638f8cb623e42a1318853c0d0b1815423
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for distributing further malware or conducting phishing attacks. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious document delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=relay+normally+open+symbol
    • https://bitree.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95641246394.pdf
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df2636760e---88027782177.pdf
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nrjl6s9dmgm79bln043t5glg35/87129512244.pdf
    • http://geluidsadviesnederland.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19540369569.pdf
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897722d512a---36995560248.pdf
    • http://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/rotolikavijobirigilek.pdf
    • https://cottonweb.net/userfiles/file/91955358771.pdf
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5ff32491d16457d9a3c99fb383b6ea7/sakiketa.pdf
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094fed30c1c8---litivagawonugarala.pdf
    • http://ergo-logo-bamberg.de/userfiles/file/8368175303.pdf
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717497e1cf4---juvoki.pdf
    • https://pui-vital.ro/msg_media/file/17710365416.pdf
    • https://prolocolidodisavio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/morunesinelif.pdf
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/32609417655.pdf
    • http://salt17.com/userfiles/files/dexoregavinoxujiwuza.pdf
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72fb619035c920c3eca77d106406b9cc/478575840.pdf
    • http://warraichmeats.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607194e4b59fb---99363147843.pdf
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075563500d3a---51799977621.pdf
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e4c64c747---2465587302.pdf
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f7199ae49---vaxezejetekegudilomela.pdf
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea2640c29c---sepexikud.pdf
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/sepukutulebomazozezos.pdf
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa247cf22f---vozanitalififuzuxuxenil.pdf
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b5cf33382---7774817129.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d176.bin
c6274c420ad20773b9c8ef9127c875505a052cb664ea31ebbf22ddb055581c44
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD176 10524 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e935.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE935 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010147.bin
329a119d4645ef155cd4c9c185d7bf47fb1036b1a06327cf47bf6d1b4999884c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10147 16812 bytes