Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 500db641b18819d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

146.9 KB Created: 2021-07-31 17:20:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 2cc8226fb7d33088a9fb6c0a529e6ced SHA-1: 3cfc205c41f3c685aed863f3b00fbcd74e6568eb SHA-256: 500db641b18819d86a0dd576a4dcc382d1ce35292925673d2f64e5c2d5d084ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript, detected by heuristics, suggests the PDF is designed to execute code, likely to facilitate redirection or further payload delivery. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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.
  • 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 https://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=why+was+rise+of+skywalker+bad PDF link annotation
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/pekuwamaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3365296cc7c1ccdd8bd1a180ae22f181/kesopemonivib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kickcommerce.com/userfiles/file/31942150099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandchainfamilyfoundation.org/clients/85333/File/27802687277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://h-st.nl/bestanden/files/64206379921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rama-sp.com/rama/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liguxitifet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhferry.com/data/fckeditor/file///54489260846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whewfamily.com/clients/12004/File/bawugofudewenotelaxizaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a66f85a14d8---40897647850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/20485837177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf051e2b5731f14b158cac5ddd0b069d/kupebazurowavofosopewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/252ad47c488ca519792dfad8f85fcc43/98854345865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clickvay.com/upload/files/notazigokomaparuwanijede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/268df2c482cd62e52acabcf488f084f5/4341206843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160800def439b3---97362663351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/didifusiximepotenezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevoir.hu/uploads/file/6534881856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2p8qn71qv64tkqsoe02eq2i120/42177519089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a71e0a5cd7---wuxevipogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad97a12b3ab---3472691053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff8014d00f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trenermichal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e619c53a9b---konuvorogoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://porterbrothersltd.com/app/webroot/uploads/39919267633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uro-medical.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/tekizas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28m4d8ot3vfvmn2aht2acue1lm/femitiv.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_off0001d8ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D8EE 10672 bytes
SHA-256: f3213bf2ad608fb54da20bd2646b2d9cf9fd36d2dc0401a55209f05ea98108b5
font_01_sfnt_off0001f18c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F18C 18900 bytes
SHA-256: d3d899c29cd75959f1e6524e7ba387c8b2366ae888f6148aece514ad0f2db762
font_02_sfnt_off000223b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x223B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1