Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56d6cfedbd3a2f74…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.9 KB Created: 2021-08-04 23:17:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a5e0e0e750e43c36faa5baa43cf59965 SHA-1: 9108dd2652172599cdd4ba35ce1a552ede2f2f8c SHA-256: 56d6cfedbd3a2f749bda2f83fd7eca1cf8cf334898122634d29fc43b1c24572e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b080d912453ba5d20141dbdb0539ef01/85902544703.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sieuviet.net/webroot/img/files/81139236339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88c0b0351faf9fcb891c568e1b5d925b/womulutilifadafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://escaletravel.com/userfiles/files/46583068957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9vhtshvs8gv6hl5a636ldluq7/90123902234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b63a12b261c---pazaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/4514307902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skrabl.pl/www/rpbd/fck/file/zavaroxemum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://space1500.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9092d16bbd7e6003e70a061381947de8/dumaloxubawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f5957b924ee39eb94b848deace54f3b/27248988346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5890517498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb79c1252ea595df902fd144eb4a2f25/sogodarupizipevofaximuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8561f95cfa---12082931958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eortak.com/img/fck_temp/file/54054343768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njsolarpower.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c0b2d45364d847c4c31a38ced4e9b8b/80412611277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canxetaianhduc.com/images/file/jugaketojaragevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilieroccasion.fr/uploads/file/9494200483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twilaw.com/files/files/73345731446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea89eb0bb90647efba29a1a58af1f027/85471672864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/bavitezuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610644bfb8882---24162623569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9349a65ac5---vikux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etasystem.net/userfiles/files/pavumozuzop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab675a1a805---64292006517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cf7515e3afde1200c75992118e81e0d/96146767716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelexpert.ro/uploads/files/sinapumimofuremu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+the+mousetrap+symbolize+in+hamletPDF 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_off00010c3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C3D 16704 bytes
SHA-256: 42c9eb4e4886a25f90df89bade9426a5cdb87d4b72044debeb06ea7a92cff7f1
font_01_sfnt_off000137a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137A4 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 91e80b14be904eaff2fee927bd848345726672f00fa34bfffc5013ba47c03666
font_02_sfnt_off00015109.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15109 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1