Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 56e6768c36ab9c09…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 21:59:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a421a0ecd9fd78b482c5c8d3b285c10a SHA-1: 4e356b3d69eb71b8a94ed069de58fec73e14a15d SHA-256: 56e6768c36ab9c09edc7485fe0400e6c23da423804b1645ad98eefceb24d6138
256 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it's a lure for remote support tools and callback phishing scams. The presence of embedded URLs, including one pointing to a compromised WordPress upload, suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content or download further stages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or social engineering.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • Remote-support tool lure high SE_REMOTE_SUPPORT_LURE
    Document instructs the user to install, open, or connect with a remote-support tool such as AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Quick Assist, or ScreenConnect — high-risk in an unsolicited document
  • 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 https://pvesc.vn/uploaded/file/29866867071.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dom-titan.rs/files/taxibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosanaalvarracin.com/userfiles/file/dotuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synhbio.com/upload/files/52009891127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafiport.com/userfiles/file/votagiroduzikoramexobip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.temaricerca.com/entry2013new/admindia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6971905009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k1p6n0bs7cj219ahmqv84msr6e/saxijilepavimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osiindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gakapimenab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138ff1ce50e2---449139618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb782df14707dcfeb0839f04facbc5d5/kiruwitelidepatudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zaragozadenoche.es/upload/files/xarejetejefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kutyasturak.hu/images/files/60806687650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a13b2fc4a67ac6a1f8fd6807a0ba4b8/46650341689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessprecision.com/userfiles/file/gufejasonol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/pajusow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ore-processing.ru/d/files/zowuziwokapolunidinoxeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fxlcd.com/upload/file/68594993963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/21530728025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tommytest.dish1314.com/data/html_editor/files/kakorepilinovenik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://desertflying.club/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161316632dc633---vedapozuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/rukugaleg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranahytta.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68008254712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/wekanadotidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdlianyu.com/uploadfiles/file/zupujixev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tizianaiberti.it/userfiles/files/69735983384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sakulchaiplace.com/Uploads/file/994308059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=css+bhop+hackPDF 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_off0000d8d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8D2 10160 bytes
SHA-256: 463707e187b89aa1af2780f3797efbb4a322d07cbce62a24a56f74e899e17bc9
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF80 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010792.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10792 17928 bytes
SHA-256: d27340678c2be8c6faa19790b0298728b8f9e735cbc73e048c19c59ee7070b98