Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f56acfa896a26c07…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:16:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 854e0a224e0b9f2f45fae4dab65f59f3 SHA-1: 6e89d420afa935a69cdbaff89c519ac0cf3f739a SHA-256: f56acfa896a26c07f7f95a379821dab41e952a1c0c5f11329ba682401f86d659
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicative of a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, likely to facilitate redirection or further payload delivery. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly support a malicious verdict.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://infoenergie-loire.org/userfiles/file/84835566100.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.fibertech1.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zibutegurizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samavetah.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25960393618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2e54b6b78c---firinudikepukere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/94371493681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a284c12c17d5c60da74a5e6e8d8d2ef9/jarofew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omg50yrs.com/clients/6/6d/6dc66c997efb3e4e8ce6e6e7d0694e91/File/tesunurijuvej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.info/files/4271589439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snsi.jp/image/news_file/xalukamawel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/nisetijibumezodamabudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096eee7296ff---jewasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cualuoiskydoor.com/webroot/img/files/gufopudif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.culturehousesun.org/photos/file/nujobirewurilabarimagiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artetendasud.it/userfiles/files/fasinepawixasabufebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samirkumarpaul.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28199393718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://somogyplusz.hu/files/47318267002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e37b248a7c55fa5b04c9f5634acbbc1/ranovelukukekizibepiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verdantnorwich.com/clients/3/30/306756bb587dffcd11ca74610d845a16/File/nujewodidajiral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/wilefuzipexijawetonen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/shnt88t1m7uuqkg9bu17gi2ab1/zifetob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072347fd93b7---zugezet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f5c03c364---bojivisukubutafaxer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97fca92b6912f7176f16610e6ca0a8e1/raxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maplesservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/039f0754e64e1ae2e0672d1c262ce8a6/pixobeburig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=zr13+obd2+code+reader+with+abs%2Fsrs%2Ffixassist+manualPDF 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_off0000e619.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE619 11508 bytes
SHA-256: 416659e7912f1d1b08d9606b54a6e010423036ba082833ea7de4354470a20b21
font_01_sfnt_off00010170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10170 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011982.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11982 20704 bytes
SHA-256: d63a3aaadf8a39d8274407baa84efc25ba3732f49950bcc6ebd3f779219aeaf6