Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50289fcbdf7c6637…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 07:48:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 10f2cf0a868f4e7d06f39695bdedc930 SHA-1: 23e8a9903380042be2ad5520ce6a3ff43f5c631b SHA-256: 50289fcbdf7c6637226b696f4b62e91f120b0502cd3575d4614dc2e6b651eca5
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a password-protected-archive lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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 https://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+ppt+to+pdf+using+python PDF link annotation
    • http://vstarmp.cn/upload/files/20210806_062407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/keguzubinuxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b99ed2df6---zurojusamagine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rarahil.org.np/ckfinder/userfiles/files/janevolalirilarilixekusar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laughteronlineuniversity.com/images/upload/files/85328891510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/tekara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac18c37339562735ccf73cf835ac7c80/xenawopajatuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heart-calligraphy.com/uploads/files/202109060402563873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dryoucosmeceutical.com/userfiles/files/35505317008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161061cba66c99---21921258259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f7cb51481---fokenozosokinozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/54447828532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jasz-pap.hu/UserFiles/file/xuzonalemaxadijagiboxifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5af46c5daf---dijitaloxanujonusexizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d572b936685---kepilimibuninixukavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/76351809701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichvuketoanvn.org/uploads/files/48664404319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fibaquitaine.fr/cebatrama/userfiles/files/34569900608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b80783d092e---pinabowabewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8qnenjl4akukrhfn8rcpveu22/36045073014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starma.pl/files/file/tomaxikaxanova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c1cb288c734ed8b7eae79a338a921a0/nipulovuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c064370f433---83561346428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usateatop.com/_upload/files/xagetemidosexafapopavuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panama4d.com/contents//files/27063633628.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_off0000ffbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFBE 10880 bytes
SHA-256: 33f0c50d65b8f3d01674604df8187ae2bd7031b4ca2f6805819ec8f1bf67cbb8
font_01_sfnt_off000118b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000130c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130C7 18964 bytes
SHA-256: 9baf1ed358108e10871182ff6ece14000968bf77f9f5383d793ba3b8e6f54a04