Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50a61dc8083a9b34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 19:48:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 2139bb37f2418ec9d8a313b1c8de61cc SHA-1: bc2074dbf77816026a8aea45d1c9c2c42319295c SHA-256: 50a61dc8083a9b34a96ef46fdb9bd3b5deff25c9a7e6833459418524b234ea91
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=entry+level+account+manager+interview+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ec2b5f0fe---nenavulosiwulata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8gv1lss3p30suecsds6ob9e10i/malorojajorogoduwodiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/niban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b246533c8df---16266988396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/29621446099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maybomchuachay24h.com/Images_upload/files/lujajemaxagowosoluvem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/jadolufumonatabik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fee90b8b9a5b6d533d56d49d746b822f/biferetozopopujuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef46d2853fbc1dede9261b9c09a143a4/58335050903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736f0f27192---46159822953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/zorakulebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc8b3042b64---vugug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/puzepipixadozetol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11d09295754d1a6c93f7ba7466661f1e/19426032501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b036b1bb9e2---42367512743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08011536902459180d678fe0aa26ca62/19970889028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608081ea0ac40---jusevukifubimizigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drainscovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/388c54e07566fc314bb476eaef0c8244/wepezitemuzimesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manuscripthandler.com/userfiles/file/xonazokidim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/zeneviwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2acontractor.it/images/file/jadejorigoxizexajekuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/541854d15ae7999b0564bb6bec577e36/21877981474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gertiesbloomers.com/kousumi/nulook/upload/fckimages/file/74787230068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kythuatviet.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/55461796045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705c896acf4---25392523088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51a583c32d9b0a08b4e5bff3b9dac524/gidekitajonowijinanutob.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_off000115f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115F4 17084 bytes
SHA-256: 5ade1d6a93476d1baf9ece7b82b2cf8d2888abb0d3a0710e0d55f1272de64bd4
font_01_sfnt_off0001420b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1420B 11208 bytes
SHA-256: bce63cbd5d6125cfa318e7dd8017cfaf51be44ce2a8ac2633301c70d354b7e16
font_02_sfnt_off00015bda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15BDA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1