Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56bb028d5566bbd5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:43:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8663785dddcc7eabe834e0f6172cac62 SHA-1: d65a5adfff0d1ddd340e41dd7163d59485895623 SHA-256: 56bb028d5566bbd5bbc64942431102001063c7ead1d62c4c1561f4bd47510fa1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to host and distribute malicious files. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is intended to deceive users into downloading these files, likely as a phishing or scam attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c178ca2b301---68960555772.pdf
    • https://catbasailing.com/upload/fck/file/dewitiwofekemibiluvogog.pdf
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/56882538774.pdf
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac278550306---tuxadebavexi.pdf
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609466af741c3---73179941332.pdf
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceddf9a7b6d---19913522953.pdf
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160737a40e6915---51774077186.pdf
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0815abf234---21261345302.pdf
    • https://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/xufumazuzomewomix.pdf
    • http://www.conectadoscomdeus.tv/arquivos/file/47523573048.pdf
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0c693b4bb---43527864192.pdf
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/43273014838.pdf
    • https://sonarmusic.hu/up_image/file/tovifaxovuvul.pdf
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db8202f5e64ea4de79cdaaf1aa362d2b/mijupasomalatupug.pdf
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73f7d40ec24242d60c09539ca27495e5/75014714531.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be5686272c6---rubijawogemotamufujov.pdf
    • https://home-consult.lu/userfiles/files/modonibivenuruko.pdf
    • http://gancza.pl/userfiles/file/nugopidetaxutekefuwi.pdf
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/21810922238.pdf
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f2352b897977c5eeedab4b7abda7a95/wisumanomerokenudibuxazor.pdf
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7c3e7c73e0---jozarubasewito.pdf
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d5d15e5ad2---vakepilogagidezuromaz.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=audit+quality+and+financial+performance+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e5f7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5F7 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe0e.bin
a56da73c926f330eaaa1e10f95665e89d4cda641e27a7f291ed069427013cb48
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE0E 10952 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001173d.bin
6ca24b34b90bc040dbdae0376213e64f7286266ccc16f499f53d845f8f9689bf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1173D 16080 bytes