Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 056c4a47b6d9885f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 00:48:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 40c6d7ad5bdf5f492322a10991c50a9b SHA-1: f7890a0fed6788c34cb2c30f512ff05e3ef6e9d7 SHA-256: 056c4a47b6d9885f6a9e4193798a72d94b01548e4846d49bbebac2dccf027dbb
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress installations, suggesting the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple URLs hosted on compromised CMS platforms reinforces this conclusion.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cdbc26a77bb---netisibedupegogosofajaru.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de433a3869714635ddf773096ba74550/72370913909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43n8cr1mmqq0i8al9nife4sjp3/88527703235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95j26830i3j46gja5vfjqro2p5/sifokalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f83df25250---jiwavote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a01b48e3aeb---184467593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b686d35ede---tinenusofomuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076db576a193---tesudakiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/76809137649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/doxejivurugikuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e9419a9ee5d708a7213c5fe19bc4d80/25418206376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907c29a575f---60382291667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23015tf403rnt2ubljfiebihhi/1847985834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7767ea9a1e922863a1d9be60b3c147a/28714044892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brunoamaranti.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4bfjhbud84ggq0prpbeaje6e4/zapiwibajomajim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://79.170.40.182/boothtastic.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607594eaa163a---labidonuxu.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e1e5dffe0---pijiviboxabisojibuziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f5f774b31---fagorafujexuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/70699639087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamasteel.net/userfiles/file/lufane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098bd503b1e2---pevifoxodanuvedokepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadiancontractorservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h9drp5fc3i240ie1l8lsmrue86/57873234962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10eaa68c97---17438294905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7d895a45a---vasuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=star+meaning+in+arabicPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off0000e527.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xE527 18840 bytes
SHA-256: 5b1720a13e44b3d7a9b61b6a1b6b8168323e11e38d087330bf38f50174a94af5
font_01_sfnt_off000103c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011bde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BDE 10452 bytes
SHA-256: a0687fb34dfc43c11f2ecaa4ebdffd0552d12ca46437402fa15001e8cdceec34
font_03_sfnt_off0001339b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1339B 17488 bytes
SHA-256: 63545b35cbb565e8fb21580ebe1457d1c63bd7ddcff7618a04c5e08fedec10b6