Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f56c27f8e91380da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:04:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 9469efc5ddd2dff3340400284ab7d1b7 SHA-1: 969cb9c39a03d97112b12051fdfdde8edc4ea6b3 SHA-256: f56c27f8e91380daeb866eb8a2b50f28a2ffff7469b29262c30544d87283dc4f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a link farm suggests an attempt to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://tdsns.ru/userfiles/file/tewidemadefejevonal.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141a86b94a2c---4449771276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/2124337057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iasvn.org/Images_upload/files/todidebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anakmeong.com/contents/files/15895473542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://5percent-design-action.com/upload/users/files/bemirexobogukusesupideka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idroilektriki.gr/files/file/5379045035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capital-publishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wiwefadapofesata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cokhivietuc.com/img-vietuc/files/22454399065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cf8dd4c78c---50055923276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://silverbirdmarketing.com/pages/images/file/94077632538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolka-wiercioch.pl/files/file/vogero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e17168e222---lulivatafuriveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insightonafrica.in/userfiles/file/97442942779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demo-jesma.shopcloud.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57080844807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161413ce59c407---risudekeluzasig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpstart.mobi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voxekurazosinenokixunulix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/81061396387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://total-sport.pl/img/upload/files/13723961159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://femagnet.com/upload/edu/article/file/bowijiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-jia.com/uploads/files/202109071420038911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://letsfinal.com/userfiles/file/mafemekevuxilenenip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buildingexpertsdirectory.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46739603671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aabbf8af1524650cf5dd0d3d577ba091/vemitixebutuzibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drosamahetta.com/userfiles/file/sonagugevameto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=watch+center+stage+turn+it+up+online+freePDF 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_off0000de28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE28 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 52c7948cc6ff45ed9a16cb6d3b482da373154c85712e8716a48ce9fbaa59570d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f72b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF72B 18692 bytes
SHA-256: 3dbd4e92714b1e6f034a238104e8e084032aab441ede7ee5efff5550796d6e85
font_02_sfnt_off00012735.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12735 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1