Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 508503fa83762fc1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-06-23 12:48:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: e370b2076818fa92e5af574a12a1b5e1 SHA-1: 634d59fc7dc8096f4fd90e10f11ff33d8bc216b9 SHA-256: 508503fa83762fc177cb0eb316f6b7ebbfa32c0bf7a210157d3c4fa20c41e2cc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites hosting further malicious PDFs, likely as part of a phishing campaign. The embedded URLs and the use of compromised CMS upload directories suggest an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ic8m8f2pgqrf4dr8e691vitp9q/53991568828.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://heyumpnd.com/userfiles/file/%5C/nubuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimdaiphatsteel.com/Images_upload/files/43113498284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sgn12865u03lnne0oid097elsc/46821081409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dea060a821---21010828918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2a6f35426---12181307326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a76bdfe0dc2e90bcf20c3dabbf642749/8217092195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/wawovukubenof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3eaeb730fed9cb55be751e50b2db810a/75514020989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079485a6d109---49912725170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b595edc41d9139dd6e2dd4ae0705e2dd/xizuxogodanekigedipef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/94338571362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071858a54103---56243782469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160940a33c72b5---75814680389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.axelendinggroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5677bf7cc73fb639b42a65e87bf6f095/83178007256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c92cc2332d---parogavigonuliloxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/892b90e0a7065ccbd3468ca71831fa45/47972599143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917c73c23c5---37912085231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/wumesiwaminalojofonujaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=think+and+grow+rich+free+pdf+in+englishPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.geocities.com/mitra_anirban/hobbies.htmGNUIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmRegularIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e914.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE914 5524 bytes
SHA-256: c429e767a5a1ca07601eaa0db72727525fc3dafa1f2052c2f32175f76971cff9
font_01_sfnt_off0000fbed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBED 7128 bytes
SHA-256: 5dc0be8528859228e546b0631eed85bf092b9cefbd92455b37112bc06f6ef09a
font_02_sfnt_off00011354.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11354 11024 bytes
SHA-256: 91e11abf462daed96c243fd06c3d27b5c6dd327dd4c81d1768f701ab8409adf6