Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50d3e9612b9330a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-08-07 21:44:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 5468af97541675a88db0214c01d21c56 SHA-1: 9e4bdff3e69e4f4d4ab858361d3a847278e34072 SHA-256: 50d3e9612b9330a78fc3a2e7c3eec584bd8dba32108f5f6a43ba37ba5d25f6e3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed for redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing lure or a downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/br5m18l05a242per69064815u7/levulitugagureferesareger.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://barsugo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93074045404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160748267d6483---fuluboruvez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072e539bd87c---44504585590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://betheaskssd.com/flash/betheaskssd.com/file/22170401631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anaminfo.com/attachfile/file/28840259039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea65c0b4ef---bemami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.biz/userfiles/files/bunefakewexosato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pivotal-technologies.com/userfiles/file/wilipiweluja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adsbudget.net/userfiles/file/ruporewonesotezogolimiviw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e215103bd---82677969399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessdevelopmentcenter.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/zibamomikebogadef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de6d6bab8f99a280a4f3ce03c2dc9dee/21767935021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82cvgu7f0hrolbcs8gr7k84f8l/powirumuvejadivenefup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwallendorf.de/userfiles/file/zabopesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5a3e98ff59---90778448905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f72b1ac254b66cd325e3d23ef08a007f/62745130528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/33414103247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1085467fa32eea0cfc1e4b1bef7b5cf/44883195386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092290571e19---15368733802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e8ca26a42---kisarixewujoxile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hi1sqehv5rlm82cq8erea2pfe3/xosufisofodekigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fea6rih6pvs420j3moao0c63s7/ravupateg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://one9five.com/userfiles/files/lebagik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socialacademy.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37562b5bdc25403a8c9611b9ee584b8d/vebava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160817fa1b6922---jinewibixanozanosokitado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c42f6f9e7f5---kisasanemadebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=monster+classification+with+a+dichotomous+key+pdfPDF 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_off0000f340.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF340 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B52 17376 bytes
SHA-256: 32eda5ed485dc7467aee7c56e3f5e1ebc53ed5998de06db60b79a58045bb9085
font_02_sfnt_off000138cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138CF 11272 bytes
SHA-256: e5ab6fc932b5847e905b634e6d8df42c24077f84d15660d40503426fe1a0e13a