Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c56caf620e6dfb54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

137.1 KB Created: 2021-07-19 13:45:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 4ce231e9460eba950abf3907a211e079 SHA-1: 1d472e57338c39889eccba1017d4e603e294e368 SHA-256: c56caf620e6dfb54e04148b3be4692e28d3bb77e76f962298a7371c6438a4c83
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads, likely serving as a lure for users to download further malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic reinforces the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9921

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f360be7d6ec---duwibolinolowi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cjvlplm56nldq9lpi2jb0j13cc/88249571524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a566178db91---24473713412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelausiere.ca/upload/editor/file/genuxepasapabobaxifiwux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cir.cloud/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af2ae62b65---zupupejilikulutamazini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e1e5281100c5d1c02323bf42e984ed7/sukadenekezodasifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intergeored.com/upload/File/47112683939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggadgs6lr525s0qpejek695c5f/gawavupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesetnews.com/images/fckeditor/file/83115235805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cortabellanews.com/userimages/10752819935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63ba842d14df684237772b1f82c8f535/39052346047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownchantilly.com/uploads/files/bifabozipularinajofiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olympicwroclaw.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/wuzejip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lf9eog3g8pcq1mt3hel0gu4c87/14655560578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc9b40774c---muximekiwusunorawekezoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b79dd96226---44375611584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d686a1dd6---30530704969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcenterdk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/lawanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agenbenangbandung.net/file/75359267613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/miketizoguvemogajawiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://master-sign.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36858529679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6866654b9a4decab693b30372c7607dd/bizakeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d59b995575---54805641029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+windows+edition+for+freePDF 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_off0001b42f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B42F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001cc41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CC41 18632 bytes
SHA-256: 3b09645bbc79c7b01695930913fb13a2a5e72114c318df54b624e168d7358502
font_02_sfnt_off0001fe5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1FE5D 10500 bytes
SHA-256: ba2e14f55e6b72401fea40fb459aec1aa5886e69e5d20f0a5d7d9cdb492c8f1a