Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50c03a63313baf17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.7 KB Created: 2021-09-19 20:11:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f98353cc3b85028db2b3c95030341a3e SHA-1: 265c97d5ec67631e1e2482c050dd89d54a0706eb SHA-256: 50c03a63313baf179410f76c930e6ab1a2ba30476a7c28c7cf6b009c9636b022
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm nature are indicative of malicious activity, likely aiming to lure users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=insight+student%27s+book+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://schoonhovensvrouwenkoor.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xidiwujebuzogedokupok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pogotowienaukowe.com/Upload/file/33863751819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bc-arman.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wijadororerakelukokusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindendirect.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lotidumugufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4f9349ddd69fc855f7471a1837277c5/detumokaramipezekiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a6cd1a491d1bf6fc326c424f2b206ca/30875600791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dainichiji.com/upload_ckr/files/6475037839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahrugs.com/userfiles/file/30099932245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymsoft.us/aym_image/files/21796089779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/xines.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jancsoalapitvany.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gosutela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaminarayangm.org/userfiles/file/57988053381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haki.vn/uploads/files/bemititiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leuphuotcamap.com/uploads/image/files/8577639266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hippocratio.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65918324243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abcoegypt.com/userfiles/files/244625525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelseafarm.com/kweb/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32170838281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambresisemploi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59822205724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keemunblacktea.cn/uploads/file/151751271157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://narellesastro.com/userfiles/files/kovegiketexaged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rentaruedas.com/files/others/151746598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bacsiha.com/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/medovosupawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e307be5a1b---fituda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventss.ru/userfiles/files/gugevosoxiredovusegij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/838272803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://niezapominajkowo.eu/userfiles/file/47638034188.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_off00010ca9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CA9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000124bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124BB 18332 bytes
SHA-256: 760c0e69d8bd2fb1e35120a986adc90ace25db63cb44f52a4ad08df18d3ac7c2
font_02_sfnt_off00015459.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15459 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 5c00c1ab5bbf1910063fbae8705db88ffca41e6e633db774a9cf3f488e321560