Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50c1dc8998d288fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-08 06:51:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 362ef47052176003f55da5d16cc1930b SHA-1: 9243e417bc0fbf938a74ac781cf93ad8569c4e56 SHA-256: 50c1dc8998d288fb75cef8501a9afb61cc3316033fcce8f1d16edf6c64cd3afa
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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, presents a deceptive download button and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 http://aimecostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/zipideto.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133232ea8944---dizawig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acril.ru/ufiles/files/42516611037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zisafapagesamedalotoweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epicridesnepal.com/files/safijitewawitutuzadiniwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dd522d5b385a31c4fe4e6824501a2f3/86484025477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangminhsaigon.vn/@dmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ronuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naucharts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dimavegokoriworidojus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d713d45704---wutifikijufakejigexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://watosaphotography.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/20210624_054937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20f2469442c891984e84a68fcdff19ba/39376743491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/27590542986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bdb8ad5279---solef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ats-dz.com/userfiles/file/webiragapowefufofasaleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a2f5b9e3b---56136687055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquatherm-graz.at/files/86516642826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb971e9c8569f99a1c376ff9a5fd8cb8/19112783691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/kemetapebawusoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolingrealestate.com/your-home-cleaner/FCKuploads/file/noxemisetetavaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laflammerouge.ch/userfiles/files/tebovemowetukemin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurolocal.info/sites/default/files/images/file/63730268392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de8d4aad78---90309252776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasicimosnov.cz/foto/Image/file/27472329566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mexxeopaint.com/upload/files/21532352200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monticellotownship.org/userfiles/file/89111041108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=rose+mcgowan+brave+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000e1e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1E2 11108 bytes
SHA-256: a9662daf9c57b3c87aba50a779cd76e05319ced7794322747b7f583b4461fa5f
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB75 16340 bytes
SHA-256: 59682171621f6f5cdc21b1f5dbeccfa3fc11a31a1807535496dc127d3b3699a1
font_02_sfnt_off000125cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1