Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56ddb34c3c51dfd6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 23:33:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 80d5d100342139a0b4855bc3dbfaba87 SHA-1: 5cd2b3538327bb5597fd79716db6c1636ac05175 SHA-256: 56ddb34c3c51dfd64c083844f2d03a2d22313e52fbaae6186bdfc09d6567574b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to external sites for further compromise. No scripts were extracted, limiting the analysis of direct execution capabilities within the PDF itself.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://cainghienbinhduong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/vesamipajef.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/susotor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vph64vfh2tt05c0459f9bvboda/bafifimabawoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coreaad.com/DreamDataUpload/file/xulonulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085861a7a5f5---51603855616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/panudobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventologia.com/userfiles/files/zufajinupanesidugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.picmephotoboothhire.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160915fa0296ee---58958964010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b26e769f12---51593336094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loveperfectionschool.com/upload/file/wujuvotuvexusulanerevakod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a23f02fea3---11417764951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/61406932163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ded3590ccd42e20608fadde850a6037/47715624678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f5a071ce4c---88841661154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/103b15dd8fac551bd3b10a9873c41fe1/solunopetetosufojeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b756e6d79b---42219445167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unternehmensberatung-hegenbarth.de/userfiles/file/65250963504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782a00e67d6---tozoker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5a0d16b33---73331207087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f433613445---fidepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waltwhitmanclassof1965.com/clients/c/cc/ccbfa8a87e297cd67510599b8aebcb74/File/15442213516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089f57e682f2---kolizurogobojox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd98a96684bcf6b651bf8317c86a1431/57553845264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/nakuwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7c27691987---40777257264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=the+environmental+price+of+fast+fashionPDF 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_off0000fcbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCBE 10776 bytes
SHA-256: eaf61fb09c1f18bf730fb86ef8e94aaac185f149a1da4fd171caf1bdf6734a14
font_01_sfnt_off00011569.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11569 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D7B 18280 bytes
SHA-256: a2f2da21bd6bde01366845c15f174cad976392ed5100d3d944b76630725d1108