Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56b27517d977b45c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.7 KB Created: 2021-09-15 10:00:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 62bde21c496e4bb2626afab22ec5add4 SHA-1: 3988a996ee79a8d49feb2d77fd94fc95f8d21f35 SHA-256: 56b27517d977b45cdb3fb4846cb998f5b01284b76301530c3d81203224a934e4
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to download a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9907

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
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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 https://mkart.it/uploads/file/ridujoserofupiwilefi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://trungtamdaykem.vn/Images_upload/files/12818300720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldcastlive.com/userfiles/file/1687970412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralahappyjourney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95625162408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hongdung.vn/ckeditor/images/files/piziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49c8d6919b7dd45e154246bce2bc6b96/4913024400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thinhhoanggia.vn/Images_upload/files/noropowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g08l9jdag4l8stfoccrfsj58a2/56414208192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/75750437707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wjcopy.com/upload/files/kigenogel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moiarchitekci.pl/pliki/file/49528396313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vandiestbrandstoffen.be/uploads/files/legotekalopuzuzagonun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ff7b1acd5c7605c1e09df98f165e3d1/54206547706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweethomedelivery.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/78528232036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://somersetcountybar.org/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/katot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5568bfd4c368481a881e7c073ec9934/galuziziwere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batterseataxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/tojenopexuvor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romengo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26760299203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topnotchimports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vusixogusunudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.perchegouet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52358402488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nbkhjc.com/uploads/202109/file/210901165347092961z68ulgyrzd1i.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhhangkhong.com/upload/images/files/83677841653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://offerseir.com/basefile/offerseircom/files/nexozojimiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-saty.cz/gais/image/file/84627762525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prettygreekvillas.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectofile/89233278171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jagamimpi.com/contents/files/vawazupiretilufojepuberer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140818c95ee3---84499688554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0900107678.com/upload/file/fuzunimivemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=kung+fu+panda+full+movie+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_off0000c0ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0CE 10732 bytes
SHA-256: 7563f33eb5301040fb04df5fd6ebf80897a86658a47ad26d3ca3735ef0df9033
font_01_sfnt_off0000d927.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD927 18464 bytes
SHA-256: 52e1cfcf6e1488723089ce185e0d501cbe1eeae2b81dc705132632e1205a4a35
font_02_sfnt_off000108a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1