Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0250ffab01fccbca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.8 KB Created: 2021-09-12 00:50:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d869aee0dd908eb251fc2f884f1c6498 SHA-1: 333ca0edbf953201a5ac890396515cd5d006c330 SHA-256: 0250ffab01fccbcaccf8a702d3be7cebac729d62b45756f0572f5ebb0cd99add
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection as a phishing trojan. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and presents a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of JavaScript and the link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://sangsangins.com/upload/upload/file/fojefovuvatifizitup.pdf
    • http://bomando.bomsolar.com/uploadfiles/files/86524628241.pdf
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d432f27196176c3a694359ba47a115c/50966803211.pdf
    • http://labradory.pl/file/tirawasosapenuwesezi.pdf
    • http://aptekarynek.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/fuzikikedimifubi.pdf
    • http://immobiliareborghi.com/userfiles/files/filegurevelogigulugod.pdf
    • http://advocaatindex.nl/images/uploads/vidaziberurudeviwaja.pdf
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kizeka.pdf
    • http://pi-consulting.ch/download/88497412189.pdf
    • https://qualitygums.com/userfiles/file/87494477350.pdf
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138923201571---zonebe.pdf
    • http://motocams.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63322874487.pdf
    • http://nayyaralidada.com/alpha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bikebonotuxidaket.pdf
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.dubaimotorhomerentals.com/uploaded_images/files/80677585434.pdf
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/gopafekilewale.pdf
    • http://edwardfmcgintypa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fazexowimegolatusitekuri.pdf
    • http://yer-krasnodar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89529711587.pdf
    • http://moristas.com/userfiles/files/43982405764.pdf
    • http://dobre-jaja.com/Upload/file/82437125239.pdf
    • https://pharma-tools.eu/galeria/file/sozod.pdf
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/45486457584.pdf
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161336c218ba99---ruxizenawizewipozimukaf.pdf
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f55dc77c13---87503493521.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+lock+my+contacts+on+android
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cb77.bin
261496f5e7babb8537c5445f121d705574f2ba27cfa35ed88bc51f5fc1536db1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB77 10680 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3f3.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3F3 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc05.bin
c8dfe7910c3ae70434a2bef43081a1597c8e3600d68451c20fe3377c7635a73e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC05 17640 bytes