Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56cd73f6fbea9dd3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 23:10:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 245df482c960c790f4851c07ca56ff0e SHA-1: 6effc80a03f44e88e6743bd2530a8d647b1aa02c SHA-256: 56cd73f6fbea9dd3a0ef54d13f8b15afea41ba418ba7556a660ebecaae9e1bc2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicating an attempt to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c15d0e8524c9975db37e2a512ec3dd18/61329471614.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/30417308785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/gemimovoramesaworepali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhvi.com/upload/files/80649432625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609feac6cbceb---xuzoseko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ec353c712073928c6d9f870dbe45994/3893328713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607665964823b---72809598768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otelnamore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/110b7c01281677a2c46183ff0cec4b4f/bogomadutajevivowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6oa35dihe2vc3ega96ap2364c4/54313524695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086901425d27---fosujoter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/90837641704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwjefferson.com/uploads/files/27173310968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bafiti.com/sklep/userfiles/file/xosalovuzuwewadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungthanhauto.com/luutru/files/xotanivibasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/10302526345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/dazija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a809d5c0d43---tepogewinutibesabikixinos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/fatigikemolirinoroxip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/16580695761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac3ca05e48---41302670580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1d98b3574f327c81b104523c5ddeca7/19574912171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliceinformaticasrl.com/user/pages/21786522382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab75d027602---bibibem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8198a12056b687f2fca36198347707b5/xaletupawotazarilelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=estimating+building+costs+for+the+residential+and+light+commercial+construction+professionalPDF 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_off000110a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110A6 11288 bytes
SHA-256: 587a335e2368e11ea057545eac055203df8941881a97b9ecf09e6cbe2f8c58a7
font_01_sfnt_off00012a81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A81 17648 bytes
SHA-256: fb3c989b6f993e3623d658765d9b6f7a2d42ce5b14ebc75f6224dd21700923f6
font_02_sfnt_off00015811.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15811 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1