Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d56cb7b065c8be53…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 11:58:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 90d3408e81a67c21e1202a31ed5599df SHA-1: 3cacd5e1684f46630b15933a03e9014213355935 SHA-256: d56cb7b065c8be533cbf944fbd18660c3d5e9dd70833ffdb56e992622b9fda45
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://digireg.li/upload/vetopase.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fsbulletsandbrass.com/userfiles/files/27829618845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848889aff90---javupogomimazurobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160894db335db9---69225962511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/33855509115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noahjohnsonsark.com/clients/e/ef/ef24418f2336b9480f3353ee42fa3f58/File/61194112045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/585d1c08a819f2194b51ebd6d676acda/99738858070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddbe2df3b65---95306992549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126bae8f37e3---tepevuwowoputewoneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e6369a3940---75465778096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097ef8884fee---tuvosuvopomoloxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinabomi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/87290706907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grifin.sk/files/59903132856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d962090575---wetunuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coomargroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/134486901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatsah.com/webroot/img/files/91978318368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miraesusan.com/ckupload/files/fulikuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/31666001604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///89709942669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2c3052b499---ritipuzugurulesaxipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitpchemcieszyn.pl/_sitpchem/file/73626446296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprenda-atdi.com/uploads/files/xakiliguviwojoxikela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=esl+worksheets+sciencePDF 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_off0000dc58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC58 18432 bytes
SHA-256: e64b3e522464813e298d257b3bc095bde34cc3ff0abf97b6a7684ef269677af8
font_01_sfnt_off00010c5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C5F 10324 bytes
SHA-256: 30c7df0efa680013851897c9cab009dd357e9a56404b21078e97c3c9f9a7de3e
font_02_sfnt_off000123a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123A7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1