Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50b710a1ec870aa5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-08-06 06:33:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 562e9049b785ec931a2a7876350340ba SHA-1: 5efb71f7bdaccab82c08d3da9eee9df1031d8fd8 SHA-256: 50b710a1ec870aa5d210803422008d09f51bc4921e3bc5df087f71839938e796
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. 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 0.9953

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=let+reviewer+prof+ed PDF link annotation
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b143194945d---wanire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/lupurimulisafofaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ligonfamilyreunion.org/clients/9/9a/9a44987365eba454cd9b2deda39aa7c0/File/74455823015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdadanang.vn/app/webroot/assets/files/46384639471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zwickerfoto.hu/_user/file/xujumufotemuzoneze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n-production.com/upload/fckeditor/file/45443164115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099e6d6c148f---18512978831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/70781898406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/941fbbc8608c9bf7514fc6d5a24a1ffe/gatulumuzurefopujezosakaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b42c5c1ba33---faginided.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xpress2.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kimiguxovalilavakoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7f0248c1c---40089624066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stpatricksreunion.org/clients/84553/File/datalawuzusexagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafemocion.com/userfiles/file/87893095451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161037ae3d731c---81594437934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propiedades.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53710624029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhhangvien.com/upload/files/libop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f9734ea043---29486753145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ithaca1962.com/clients/41687/File/82227086512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d12063ad2153ed722e1f8431b4c9f46c/17890093254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alyansdugunsalonu.com/userfiles/files/95843048256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160839b041fc29---59964331444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dedanskecasinoer.dk/userfiles/file/jelot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be0c4f7fb53---siwedesiz.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_off0000cef7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCEF7 17332 bytes
SHA-256: 80ea275be6e53407c015de968406d30557e276a78ea340b7eb17d72c9d6d8ef1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC61 10120 bytes
SHA-256: 29914d70dc6acc6be487244eb057bfde0b42240245dfac28aa23ec4c78f39cec
font_02_sfnt_off0001131a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1131A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1