Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1050e34d71b4f6d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

130.9 KB Created: 2021-07-29 09:05:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 169eb97511ea3105b8b1605d688eed49 SHA-1: 6307405ef2ba0a003bae69e07cb73fcf97d66282 SHA-256: 1050e34d71b4f6d117dc8e78f270c80abe34ca4df9c0f616997bb3ca59072169
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'download button' heuristic further support this malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9784

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://gelikonline.ru/content/Files/82227006416.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://espiber.cl/images/uploadedimages/file/wirobivojavesagak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a298c17faab---boduviwumufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/88260916328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db486d16d45---17404076711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunnyvale.com/wysiwygfiles/file/1523861741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/98460224221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroroma-bg.org/files/file/lupazazomilenufijufomar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751b483f391---sosevevosibumege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c966e15092---82018578000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/zegapuxufojolanixuzevafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gistfamilyreunion.com/clients/8/8c/8cbf0a40baaab9dd4734ff2cdbb1e120/File/fokukufalufuzujoxofiregix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fid-data.fr/app/webroot/uploaderfiles/lirukupedalupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renault-service.com/userfiles/8527575047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rjunsc65r35ikgudpfosodhg28/xawogadalopofowirupixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tootingtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/97351544865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://standardpromotion.com/images/upload/userfiles/files/robebosomemizazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp72.com/clients/7/7b/7b902bee17765b19ebdde6030f24742d/File/11681202397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.satit.nrru.ac.th/satit/_Adminis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77315349917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coil.hk/upload/files/54340634482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosperitas.be/data/assets/file/68243905779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/mexusuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcwma.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bemuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bandungmesin.com/file/81897121217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieckultury.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59498f51d4c5f070b956b0a2d76bc06e/28617042411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=the+21+day+sugar+detox+yes+no+listPDF 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_off00019947.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19947 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001b15e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B15E 10980 bytes
SHA-256: b3f3381386baf826a6e1c1cb14ee3df07aa7fbd7828bb3c1a01b594b6cd3e3f0
font_02_sfnt_off0001cabd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CABD 18148 bytes
SHA-256: c48f7057c6fc199898f124d96d466d96e001ffacb396d3954f2dd121e95b1132