Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56c1e2c83580a21e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 23:52:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 8cf8bf6d6d6327aabbf8e9fa0b279299 SHA-1: 4aead0688b8f3e13cac231d30041e14e05c40f1c SHA-256: 56c1e2c83580a21e5f12d04f36ff3f83fdbd86b986ba290647094da295ba0fef
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 http://gostinica-domodedovo.ru/files/wubejotajijave.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://playitdirect.ca/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/70183491209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/21899637103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30162aaf37---51290702787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rideco.hu/upload/file/4736960718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vbclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d6dab70322c0e12ce7a3d5c48c3fee6/55054144551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vntdc.com/upload/fck/file/57115876192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://we-women.de/default/files/uploads/file/52941245355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/20820894596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093aed334e3d---damisetikenivedagag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xdata.pl/app/webroot/img/ckf/files/zawifupagimiwij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innovatepc.com/userfiles/file/22766233219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fs9s09u25te16ldkp0vtuti2ko/19522839065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officia.tn/file/luvozevopixisakikisesaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://randalljroutson.com/clients/44711/File/94236644570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/37375211414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/30500587901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/dirulimodemuzaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volnynaklad.cz/data/file/22937824844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608955958407b---39387750821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahchala.com/img/file/jezikotasawolumetivogelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16108cfcf8f9c8---jegonadaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://condosworld.com/abisol1/userfiles/files/14307833206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=advanced+accounting+11th+edition+solutionsPDF 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_off0000be33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE33 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 775763042ad07f29f1a44d924c10b000d9bb6988bad1bc9f7647c49277c29ccf
font_01_sfnt_off0000d6c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6C1 15880 bytes
SHA-256: 4a10b089bf0bd877c9aa1155bbcb2f06c39a89fb4d49e952a4dd9db66362b740
font_02_sfnt_off0000ff71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF71 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1