Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50413c275d5d576d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-08-17 16:05:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 12d81647c813bc5c7fcc419b0a13528b SHA-1: 98158843db837f01144ab579abd15e9fa026d138 SHA-256: 50413c275d5d576de0693f55c390ccd1ffda177007cbcabc9436c10c6a29a75b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution through a link farm. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+pages+does+spy+school+have PDF link annotation
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed8q36nupqbqlh1kca1cvit4r1/ligipobuzig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kf1q9gq378ed62r3lmfg0a32j5/74120240737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f9493a36cb38533410fa3f58966b6d6/nidivarepanitojugimida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a70b5ddd419---gopukujadotewuvebexedodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca832d9918---fufubadenifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carrollcountylawyers.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kikiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrudolf.com/userfiles/50097737246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stillwaiting.org/userfiles/file/zukabogufivojoboker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03ca825e57---57800113916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithatkuongthinh.com/uploads/files/57889302316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/rugipaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vr6u7g1bndos90342u7ounaonr/likutujoloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8h143i0l8teggqk44m7e9q5e85/98932134850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/71824915412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a15c10c56f4---peropidukirofovozefogoguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/29294226455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d71b3ccabb1---88444571542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dianacb.cz/userfiles/file/xunixiwipegakos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3o2vska30hmvmig3umtqmq886v/49252996313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www2.grupoksl.com.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43483789227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/063b2852975a64831e39218e883dfd8c/17355892538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyqjsj.com/UploadFile/file/20210808221733578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30c4e1d27498424277ece4f34d248ad9/paton.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_off0000e260.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE260 10928 bytes
SHA-256: d9264187e34a187147417ba0fcc91135fe7aaf9f345423aafbe9a6cac410a0b4
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB55 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011367.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11367 17224 bytes
SHA-256: 6a876c10e7e13c4da236ce98356228c3779172e0ab3dbefc8bb94ea00ded868b