Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50386634816ba6e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 15:46:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 77f89e873bb6eec433aa5bbadace5478 SHA-1: f2383be1a4a27b24f8e0dc0f438d4677399ba282 SHA-256: 50386634816ba6e96e4ebff073b5d94d0092a513b9e80f094f1ef93fec5b0243
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external files, many hosted on potentially compromised websites, indicating a link farm designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a malicious workflow, potentially involving JavaScript for exploitation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://westhigienia.hu/editor_up/fufadefuxere.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://austdoorcaocap.com/upload/files/gitujetipilelixofilefone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tpijobportal.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65009586423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d919f236f6b1d9a95e82d9fdf2dd8b9/muniwivetaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hygradeinsulators.com/images/uploads/file/pegojed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inverpalmas.com/aym_image/files/17441480685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagdrevier.hu/upload/images/file/duvedexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bomando.bomsolar.com/uploadfiles/files/taminijamesegutagibozino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://badrivishal.com/media/befavab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolauniversale.it/userfiles/files/11136387925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393fb53848e---larixutojuberaxolipupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archiw.bibliotekalesmierz.eu/img/upload/files/boxiruwogotiniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-krmelin.cz/app/webroot/files/files/53477202029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianklein.eu/Quansis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gobumesuzelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b17d8897af42dca53ce9e08426e2fbbe/73007047831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udelimpa.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93652186927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tokekiduposupulufutefom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--jt2b56wn0ap2a.com/upload/file/202109151559213404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnaixi.com/userfiles/file/20210916170227_1883835876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventexevent.se/uploads/file/85725293613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pivepesiguvek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fsnmmaterials.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/sibogugexemuxepufufik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kehlux.lu/userfiles/files/53991118411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/77324757291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=asphalt+8+airborne+latest+versionPDF 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_off0000e85f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE85F 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 0816899ffa3b72aeef3cb5ef03a709b81c8496d0105278a86bc7c8c844241f27
font_01_sfnt_off000100db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100DB 17920 bytes
SHA-256: 441c95ffb2df8f5f515b5905993773dd8558ed742fa883df22b3b2836bef0a33
font_02_sfnt_off00012ec5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EC5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1