Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f56d1173c7cae228…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-11 19:31:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4cb1552333a8ae08930bc3a1e2623471 SHA-1: bd9e84049e8e9b575d924d3d736b8ecb837a0ddf SHA-256: f56d1173c7cae228fd439641abab2ad15b3b5c9479a496f16e2ef115b0451ed2
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of urgency and callback lures further supports a phishing or scam-related attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cb2dcb5dc58fbc5332e26bb0c6e7375/99827234004.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.syria-report.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wafapupoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unite-chem.cn/upload/files/13585480188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fowasodofel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patriarca-batiment.com/ressource/site-image/files/vuxanaritopofalipupoxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pagqeijbuit7cvslu7cqq8nddm/80324743675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-pointpro.com/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gazogaporomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-miyaco.com/img/file/2021911104930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocinofilomarsalese.com/userfiles/files/xatofed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://groupementpecheduloir.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79680642435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136986e3c9c0---51688934923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mardeestilos.es/fotos/file/48190835882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livbiopharma.com/userfiles/file/vemibiwelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ichapps.com/ichapps/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/gufenexudexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://briztravel.com/upload/files/xajalazobopawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135799ed6a7d---wabax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hon-ro.hu/userfiles/files/lumuninefiwupap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dogathermalhotel.com/resimler/files/sapewobodovalidonogojemiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeminyerkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/kudubenunugovulob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613388bde904e---90324518687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cabsfromheathrow.com/userfiles/file/fugogexawasasonaxofufipus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/148o51gj82lpk80gttfva6s864/95545026528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etravelbox.com/scgtest/team-explore/uploads/files/dagipozojip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/guxisukejigake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613929dca7bbd---10999162037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=tubidy+music+playerPDF 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_off0000d58d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD58D 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 1b9c043ad469e3ca00c3a4232c00b9378bc639ac5009ebb283980ad7453ae4fd
font_01_sfnt_off0000edc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDC6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000105d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105D8 18756 bytes
SHA-256: 6784d51887dd2d9374e80a96dcaf3ee3c0fabddb87c3ca85cea666d0cfe8d8cf