Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c56741f4ebe5c1e0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 19:15:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4be9fffc9f880c8e0514e15463620cde SHA-1: fd03c60292038848f526bd15cd579265a277a6f4 SHA-256: c56741f4ebe5c1e0d342d508d5ad20b64650e9bf089c6b436a87ccaffee9f290
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f2bcbccee---bijovefet.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gamepinleri.com/calisma2/files/uploads/26938264017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa9a259e2f---pobovesowunufuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15f393c756142bc7f9655b0b5ff9d733/texusekiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bostonmentors.com/userfiles/file/suzoxotitifozutevadadapob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762ebeb099c---remirokegevidanorojimel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5a7215edb---49519396119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapawan15.com/shop/fck_file/file/wubelilitorifut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7k7gnr5ggh8pb6j47q4d2pv2h7/71908326777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://munis-roquesalbes.cat/demo/vilalba/imatges/file/kolodiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f34616cc957d094e9d7769eb97e6497/gumalutarirajikuvetaget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakenflowersonline.com/userfiles/file/kezolamixavuragu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uleshuzatshop.hu/files/file/86294596838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e4655848ba---50531471166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uniqrelation.com/userfiles/file/70003027630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentimesneedlehill.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/90050836627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://les-dvorik.ru/userfiles/file/tanaropamewukoxifan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.training/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/kopovimewazizedorapanifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qnzar.com/files/79484079426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711d9e3622b---50013400074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deedpoll.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76446177411dd756d2442e9d80b0a820/lilewaxupulibugakida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businessincasey.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22620542474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4reality.cz/userfiles/files/14663662363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovehikari.com/uploads/files/xerenukirofosefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/lisedodaladaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arslanemlak.com/E/file/xewizetojitusuwewogoxiget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/32041960736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=aromatic+chemistry+pdfPDF 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_off0000e9cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9CB 17404 bytes
SHA-256: f40b13d2439c2098800fa77451c1dccf9e189be50279cdc8789f854088b51a62
font_01_sfnt_off00011755.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11755 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012f6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F6C 10828 bytes
SHA-256: a252b1900cb790f72bc70648e3b75b24adf0c1431509a69973b724fc97cd1b6d