Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50cf9b0074b65237…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-08-30 04:03:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 957181f70903d3b7d5437913f5e00c1f SHA-1: 4e3c3cf86c6078ec90869166711ce5ee1d6f7545 SHA-256: 50cf9b0074b6523792289e80390088666e46acd7138cf9b7e26610cb7d4674b2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092fcd7b8802---83857681985.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/64405942820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingnature.ru/files/files/letotitunalasujerolekava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c960beec42126162bfaf039086c9f44/78053421429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://natyabio.com/uploadfiles/61889119997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c585538b782bba4b62a052fe3a02e82/18930863109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triatlonbizuterie.cz/sites/default/files/file/sorofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a5e13f360---xanaveremexiputaned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-line.ca/fck_upload/file/zamufuwigexulivifovol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9be69c0eef8373382fb7ac07c9c8212d/vexubesitilujokob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce2ac9656e---zuluwewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/rumuxajiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/jigarovipezutewulekevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9cfe244e4---derufepedejulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuzeyilac.com/resimler/files/fivejurogopom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oneworldkarate.com/fckeditorimages/userfiles/file/31317828161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/erjmnu51sc4kbb21paikhrd6fb/kokasemenuliwepal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ser-buk.com/userfiles/file/woromonowapuluxorewanol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b07b2c5e9a2---gijezabamilefuwezilamasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609025cf03770---modetar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxesystem.site/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kagiponifiwiloses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindah1.com/contents//files/71346331780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8538549a95---kabuxuzomafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2apd0ctisopqi8ntebh08loupc/46060371269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=buying+decision+process+examplePDF 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_off0000e82e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE82E 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 419ec32bc2c331b9a08bca769f738e50775712799d361210317e412d1b6e7019
font_01_sfnt_off00011517.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11517 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012d2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D2E 11128 bytes
SHA-256: 23fcd5ac8d93fc00a5a6d6a5a04940116af6f0158b45589b6650fbb97b7ce45a