Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50cbc21a897d8039…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 12:32:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a75b34c1b1763ee4ac7c48a596fbe7af SHA-1: 96c705855fcc24160d172aa093c50485c936a733 SHA-256: 50cbc21a897d80399fa442be1ce5586675cbf97bf131bca873a20d816b0ff033
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+android+version+of+redmi+note+8+pro PDF link annotation
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64f6fc71586eff544c7546218c7de3c1/54326613792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilit.ir/basefile/digilitir/files/93551008845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bj9ib1dq0a8lhookodd1mriqg7/ximoredariw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/ropodukumajaguzunologaxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfsupremesa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mitanibodisaleji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135a4a541c08---dasubokemegokorufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ih-consultant.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rifukowibezujodizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/filuwerafetided.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adtw1.elfjane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/momofibup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riversedgefm.com/files/file/90910022514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onlinenieuwsbriefversturen.nl/gebruikers/afbeeldingen/zejalivujifoxudite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limsurempat.com/contents/files/10628169499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adikkeempat.com/contents/files/rujezubuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iscyber.com/userfiles/files/bigojojurefalup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjavc.com/filespath/files/20210912122619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proia.bg/userfiles/file/75896350603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://easy2ticket.com/upload/files/mujegevoduvefobatanaxemej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinners-party.de/media/file/melekixawibogubagagevuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amoslodge10.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47110784171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.la-melodie-des-saveurs.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pabutolonudeganune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mustang.tom.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xunezosabivelomexa.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_off0000dfbf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFBF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D6 10984 bytes
SHA-256: ccd3a04f9863a793939f3a2347b88f28ad92c44846abf9d7b830a1281b844e81
font_02_sfnt_off0001112f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1112F 17696 bytes
SHA-256: a67db8faef620c931ad5ad973257648efa4099f0aeb581772a455c8ced78b604