Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 050c54bc0317612c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 08:11:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6e9e0613d164ac73ceec388b603a9bf4 SHA-1: 59056e369e0a216740a63c82df383669b39d9abc SHA-256: 050c54bc0317612c16a139f2ba257bd8d74c5742d01e5d9ce2839f9531adec9f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. ClamAV and ML classifiers strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is likely responsible for initiating the redirection or further payload execution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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://trlgpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/zosigilamevewarapibubupi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161474e4d113d6---90191465048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciba.lv/uploaded/file/41232399275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kerrya.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xerobexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkalaris.com/contents/files/ditatapudevuloko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://af.ssla.ru/images/fornews/files/77181977243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cuacuonbentre.com/upload/files/zigoripegujuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioriggio.it/userfiles/files/gijonigumufimojarelelume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97dedc95faad766ed8c02c44a2be3e6f/87757191235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxplus.in/images/contentimages/files/52047795115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///guwejuzituratamavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lollanaclinic.com/image/upload/File/gakoferox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artgallery.devctn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fapepixakujogenabobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.afoa.org.ar/backend/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43770926845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stowarzyszeniemalyksiaze.eu/img/upload/files/44975699399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stcforanebanglore.smcim.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/newupapuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomasgearon.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/26000049695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bataretak.com/img/files/file/desizajapemabufezeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142fb974e2df---moveditesazakegopagused.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/tozupezobofux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibliothequedesarts.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2446012613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ark-mr.com/data/home/qxu2063190031/htdocs/uploadfile/files/23223082786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/labupusajuxetutozax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=the+lightning+thief+book+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://www.thc.gda.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vusazan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b31a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB31A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000cb31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB31 10544 bytes
SHA-256: 8c5337f9069310ef622852bc980653ed2644072053bd2464538d74c1c8f99a6b
font_02_sfnt_off0000e2a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2A6 16476 bytes
SHA-256: e8ec2db3e2f80583b793664e4e491592b1ccc4e634a01afcef092e91b9cb2770