Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50baa633a19c7c64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

104.5 KB Created: 2021-08-16 04:20:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f4b1fd54df5be4033925c0d0443a3a57 SHA-1: d26c9797f0688476c823d917f2bc5ad328a4afb0 SHA-256: 50baa633a19c7c6433e8a8bb2d3e00400d9c6330afa442f69361f66b3e3b86c7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for executing malicious code or redirecting users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9979

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://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb7c97129f2---bitiraxexetalomakazewol.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://changju-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/votamigav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608493f2b43b0---votikagak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/saguxikebinumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benly-carson.com/product/files/14955963520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claphamtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/fedubiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21fb092ae89a54bcb1768ecccfff2088/53709055787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotstamping.pl/files/file/kinupofomesapipelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941686417f9---namesolurupijitulekomox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c22d8962d7---67013585927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m4k6bgdr9hhhguspuj1d1h1316/rifanovuvudoliba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf2a1522cd---refojuketonewidir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/wevuveje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074f8a01278d---jorivagesemupefuledolefoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e0d8e256ca7f54de644b14867695709/66611887804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospital.org/FCKeditor/file/34969148696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://to-kajihan.net/js/upload/files/4318205470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/69978813873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rgn2u.com/userfiles/files/jegagene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609458e0380e8---podudej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eukmdcn5974k18vpbbqfb3ih9g/59942330267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/futiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamkr.com/userData/board/file/xokedunatetek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_students/files/goverasatowotur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=las+venas+abiertas+de+am%C3%A9rica+latina+de+eduardo+galeano+resumenPDF 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_off00012d5a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D5A 19320 bytes
SHA-256: 3ae0d26b2a9db18016abff431cbb107aae99190f1fabed5457ac30903a9d791e
font_01_sfnt_off00015e81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15E81 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 212cadf58a88cd1a6544ae23ba0f73f88caa51d69cd1c02c28faf49f98e6d45a
font_02_sfnt_off00017806.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17806 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1