Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56c0c449fe6d4f94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 16:31:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: f0ff62d97db777af21d91b418fb64038 SHA-1: db378b530d495055e71e03278445906c2f481167 SHA-256: 56c0c449fe6d4f94d5ff1a1742c43f9ac7ff0b8b9680d93e27b19c502f5946f3
164 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. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a tactic to host malicious content on seemingly legitimate but compromised sites. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c124436c920d7d9ec0e24e53cf176a67/tupevurobilefufetajad.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kimtuong.vn/isc/public/files/fckupload/file/tobunopuxitowujosazix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestopc.it/upload/file/23127901352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vavakuxunufofurosapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d6c01b4c3c9d57a1a00b24fc68c8cfc/68762594234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acecaalcoy.com/userfiles/file/vapevuruwutuzaxesajogamif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210620144352109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89277dee33---zoxiruderowesuveganiwezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a29d42db75---5700156403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160decce410b66---96630538264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krzysztofmalec.pl/gfx/fck/file/11539844139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/47368658644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/249391275254fa490065d806778828ba/sukejunavomigorezapaluma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9d1b592275dfb7c5158d8e16f9a324b/77262105545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domusanna.it/userfiles/files/64241330392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nathulaldasptti.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/surotuvomedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a51a380216afe96b6fbdc1cb03e76db7/vekerotomonugema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085251a251b0---16027349023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bustotoronto.com/userfiles/file/97130821883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dewalt-naradi.cz/media/upload/editor/file/19820687906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5h07bavb4puv5p59cse9vki151/joxeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/63938594739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1257cc8006611f318a782d893f472edb/22322617162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorfulmedia.de/fotki/fotki/file/fivuzuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelamadeustorino.com/userfiles/files/3068071793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8ffe9c4d30---30019524144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=sensation+and+perception+5th+edition+pdf+wolfe+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_off0000f55f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF55F 18572 bytes
SHA-256: 77f30ceafc8ec7bf1596a5cd39c8a78e3df7512a317c29fa7fada80aeba3a780
font_01_sfnt_off00012612.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12612 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013e29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E29 11012 bytes
SHA-256: cce39d6f3456c5eacab27b34986d4aeccf2c9dcec1d12cc9b2e1b26afa6ed442