Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e56ba78975414391…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-10-13 10:04:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 1fb68f5e67f2abe0068637d63ff747f0 SHA-1: fcfeb524af674a2a259840738929c0c96c01c2ce SHA-256: e56ba78975414391a784664bac88f33d674a782a9d4e6151e3cbb9ed5edbc4d4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for exploiting vulnerabilities or redirecting users. It also hosts a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://lasermedia.cn/userfiles/file/96851908416.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ssatripoli.org/userfiles/file/68275073651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-dolgoprudny.ru/upload_picture/file/sozanonuroziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11bfa4074db558b925e540b31d6a09d9/nuregivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manvilastrust-org.bvirani.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fizad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16156a4de4abe0---zivepajoxikefadetotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valuekare.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32253297587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hr-serdahel.hu/images/file/8151445223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andana.us/files/files/xowaxebinuxosugoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fan-consultants.com.tw/ezadmin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40101598291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://888chji.com/userfiles/files/63177821832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-baby.ru/userfiles/file/pisagikotogubamegeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.park-seversk.ru/other/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaregopafebataj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150004.linebot.net/upfile/files/20211006165028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95d38a8e905aa4b05664a7ab697db4b2/tududetuwekuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oprandi.it/userfiles/files/3498083636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzirerealtors.com/uploads/gibujixibizaraxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina-coaching.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/patajuxafaviroxom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chokmanee.com/userfiles/file/jefaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c353ee1c1d---9262136931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amsuatrust.org/survey/userfiles/files/74983703168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/936a14eb0d5a3bdf2a4c736e8b508f5b/vavipotitakep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.net/upfiles/211003002639530960cgsrkc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb902b9ac7---foxudufelamipuwomedub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handientu.vn/userfiles/file/ledadidawix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/xPAns0MRe5M/uplcv?utm_term=thomas+and+friends+gordon+and+the+gremlinPDF 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_off0000dcb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCB8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4CF 10764 bytes
SHA-256: d1632dff140bebd4d2d880d0df8ff307a2b7b726b9bf312fcf4aa7e78159977a
font_02_sfnt_off00010d22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D22 20688 bytes
SHA-256: 52eea9fbd849b528e626d4a21173f8d74849806aaa7505cd36677522f1f7d81b