Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56844d3de605afa4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:32:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: fd0aa8235255e194371bd61b20672240 SHA-1: b9e7b1ee54041905b1750adb67d4cfc56083a3d2 SHA-256: 56844d3de605afa43e011dde798b91f1965965d7737390caf3fac7c0f7790157
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The sample's structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure or a downloader disguised as a document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6b1e5db2a7---75315589905.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://westboroughhigh76.com/clients/b/bc/bc4984db1d461a603911d7e4814e3e59/File/14729436792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenvisioninternational.gm/userfiles/file/18936302384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5af1e37a7---defijaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chambredhotes-savoie.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biposupodejazuwuxexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soalmatematik.com/userfiles/file/55616393589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610b64bc1dd85---82454601618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fereshtegan.net/basefile/fereshtegannet/files/padobagemutumifed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/96304072475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cariboohose.com/userfiles/file/54870787997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf37a3af2b---tuxipolixerigatigogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montpellier-business-plan.fr/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/56239042119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furniture83.com/upload/files/lotirulukutobet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132b42fa4887---febitunupixizibosuziro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e5c846fef4---76711262473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://illinoislivestock.org/userfiles/file/dubekomele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanarina.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13610744267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spostojow.pl/userfiles/file/79359833390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatngungoisaoxanh.com/upload/files/zolejozunufefetadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fid-data.fr/app/webroot/uploaderfiles/21171614215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbconsulting112.ca/userfiles/files/jigotijevobapilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://illinoislivestock.org/userfiles/file/14710204262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hktab1658pvrfd6487leoabae8/wogafemewakozisevujilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaragozalawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zajipelaribipumedalujoxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=land+law+notes+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_off0000d7ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7EE 10344 bytes
SHA-256: 207d61fc8f9d8d0526046d58929a6fc0e6dcbffc4d8d7af567bf4c8ea3a7012a
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF75 18320 bytes
SHA-256: e6bf0b717a9f846ba8cc9fc08bf7d1e5da956150e2171d9f5be91ed8a6f00c4b
font_02_sfnt_off00011ebb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EBB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1