Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50d26adb787c5fca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:35:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0196642e9f5f3a56abb38e5ab4b2c984 SHA-1: dc36bab06d07bf23e67738eac3c4836e1b6ce7c5 SHA-256: 50d26adb787c5fca60bad22f17675a81dbfeb01600a8c50e4cf63a515c455a1d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's a phishing attempt. It contains a large number of embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious or phishing pages. The presence of PDF-specific heuristics like 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=change+in+quantity+demanded+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • http://grabnerestriche.at/funovadanuzojosutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weborder.cloud/userfiles/file///21255954863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/51100403944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hissekurban.com/resimler/files/xisukojegimurepisagason.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28d037ca7b---tozafoxawaxukepelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handbook.hu/upload/page/file/bodixisugijezatimalok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/kiwitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a6f2cd8444---tekijuwuzuxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa164f8d8439f1d1bf4b7d32d111018b/xewim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolaodong.com/userfiles/file/73142143914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mearesandassociatesllc.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/50851750986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congchung7.com/upload/file/69729409246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/54735610640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ztkammer.at/uploads/file/jakovovowiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f396e9bdf09db3f4932e64d987b3859/43864437364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb124dfca0---fiwobozedorodedovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/fojudikebulemopavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4569c191eb1f3fa3cd5776d330541edd/84687513848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://healingtown.org/userData/board/file/xokokidoxigigikozan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwbaltimore.com/uploads/files/kemavupogoliga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6d9cbeb5a7fe46799367b3c7ef30d7e/kexam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/33179616554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.com/userfiles/file/besegezadenivetivekawen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamaxmotor.cz/data/dokumenty/papuzaviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://munord.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7fc064ed2d63507f889d29d325ff41d/natukuve.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_off0000fc94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC94 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000114a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114A6 18668 bytes
SHA-256: 210c5da53d34059acae9127b9c6b6d89ced123c1b25771097cd9e88cdc83106c
font_02_sfnt_off000144d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144D1 11220 bytes
SHA-256: b00f8727f40447c63728865d3fac27dc849058527686ffc5558f2a6905d44fdb