Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f56d72dad504e1a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-10-01 08:49:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: cd0038cf1a453e6e12db4b071847f426 SHA-1: bd8c6f53999e9f8f6b25549f837b821d2509940c SHA-256: f56d72dad504e1a28b837fd36dce1d5dad590b7a4bd85daf52599df04851afd0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The presence of numerous unknown URLs suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161420c6401cb0---pinikubaju.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://australiancaravancentre.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65155879605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bac7efa9c---gaxemivipireju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolemontagna.it/userfiles/files/kibuvizasuvaporitovowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesnek-vysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/63170267540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flixgolf.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jamifukamudal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a966411a63---21946212439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquarell.ro/userfiles/file/pupaneginunudegutikiguxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://justforjetscatering.com/userfiles/image/files/befebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeuu.biz/upload/ckeditor/pages/files/nenerisexobubagokudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suurelepa.ee/data/file/rowodavutilarobefudidezoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itcbeautytrainingschool.com/userfiles/file/kipusameraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbcom.eu/ressource/site-image/files/jafatabozenixikiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoaisonland.vn/upload/files/rinoposenusefojelezipepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sure2trips.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/8451664595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamso1.net/uploads/files/joveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morganmethod.com/ci/userfiles/files/97067111862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taucaotoccatba.vn/images/news/files/xofafunakujasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mottaing.eu/userfiles/files/nuloforawegubaripuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://9ja-bet.com/userfiles/file/16301618626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odontoflash.eu/userfiles/files/giwobegixifevikok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonorganica.ru/upload/files/31830652161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=sims+like+games+for+androidPDF 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_off0000b0e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB0E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c8f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8F7 14552 bytes
SHA-256: 54664ec02becef61187cd087811a7549340580c4f0d4a4de4018ac589880a14c
font_02_sfnt_off0000edd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD5 10768 bytes
SHA-256: dc0df0931571153548e260a1ca9765499f5ca3facd49b0ca88fdf6ad3235e5a2