Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c56d00077001660…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:44:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: edf31d2a735c1bf3af9b712ad94ccc2e SHA-1: 4e02b4f76ec94251b91cd93b670b3ba5f4c2e157 SHA-256: 4c56d00077001660e03de91b4ba658401939cc2e701ce338579bed90bb1b989b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document may also be designed to prompt users to call a fraudulent number, consistent with tech-support scams or callback phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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
  • 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.
  • 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://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d01ba588bab88f42e27de68e9f621b83/15870567703.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/28664268763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nitdgp.ac.in/uploads/userfiles/files/93803808210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkapla.com/upload/ckfinder/files/77817645817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3v8lsokospebj6ailkqcvbusk6/fividekusoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/669ovufoptij72uovhmkv0c0s0/41111242993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsva.com/uploads/files/17668149120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f180c7e58d---nonarezinilobamukoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607991c0504dc---64328090564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoteam.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68020209021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-barrierfree.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210810_8C264AA9FE60F428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochisushi.nl/survey/userfiles/files/24230722873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tisuputih.com/contents/files/54368735296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607743e69acfc---47509555654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0fd40d29a---80476313372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/24408146245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scandirent-new.ru/uploads/assets/file/788951621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a0fb5850f1---wamiritunopotoxuvuduzab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucmas.com/userfiles/file/ferivopovasorijurim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210731_5B051F8F34FFAA3B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202105040614332825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcadia6465.com/clients/f/fc/fcac8d81e62e7f23ed02b02243def538/File/49313757170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/pufipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mprime.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/risipat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13daa0a227---burolisotinofofelok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f6c3b793e9---81716792751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=best+ereader+for+pdfPDF 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_off0000da49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA49 17824 bytes
SHA-256: d94f6dace2499364323b04673f145c0f1e5150d756ba2d2fd80564e5529da262
font_01_sfnt_off000108a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108A3 10304 bytes
SHA-256: 8622d33e5a1eb113f7af2bc6418abab823cf62bf542d8f5ed929d0330f457cad
font_02_sfnt_off00012004.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12004 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1