Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50e0174f48606f2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

144.8 KB Created: 2021-08-13 05:01:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 45b40c18d4d63ac6f5b307b5c0701fda SHA-1: 7294e0f43343d137a2922d2cc6845dc40c1c1374 SHA-256: 50e0174f48606f2d515e6cd2639ef8178bc17da0dc1e24fed48cd40d6e581648
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a security-bypass lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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
  • Security software disable instruction high SE_SECURITY_BYPASS
    Document instructs the user to disable antivirus or security software — unusual for ordinary documents and high-risk in an unsolicited file
  • 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://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/gumanavimuxuja.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://beautifulhairstore.com/upload/files/26410834499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ijhqujbb6l32mfq6j916bd6so2/83680358358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34m8d13bgdvl7e7p2gjuds0cko/dawevokafuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-margherita.biz/userfiles/files/poguxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0866d39aa5---31341574091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenplanetnepal.com/userfiles/file/waxegisimozuvejolusok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e8e018fea---67591986395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a035cb9e3d5---rolilitusesomabibusumamup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inoxquochoang.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/suvulibisokopanolon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mvpartners.be/images/uploadedimages/file/bixitakovokota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/2302242779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolupin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/mufomogawisogubogilefeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prociweb.hu/sites/files/file/xunanonunudugufozif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0971f2aa99---76357631474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bereanbaptistashton.com/clients/1/1c/1ca8668e480cca1e897b6add33210fc6/File/lejugevutelidamorelip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a354f627eb0115ee524e36e5ea52192b/kapazodidufelipufal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/797af481bb48283ad1b43e1f67a853d9/terifutowotixular.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/45470634741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noithathoaphat11.com/upload/files/xiwewanefituvete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fernandopelosini.it/userfiles/files/gexuvogogiwifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cbf2821478f53cb5727f086a5e7edf2/56912060224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08ece94bef0a61b34412ee2039f9f0eb/murufugubofogelogema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115bc2829a36---mujarolibisolib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=nero+2017+classic+serial+numaras%C4%B1PDF 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_off0001cd40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CD40 10760 bytes
SHA-256: dbbe7b6f2eddaba3d9a84507b0a6f8b3018bdc50df3671b8fe92c3be4f6ee325
font_01_sfnt_off0001e603.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E603 19880 bytes
SHA-256: fb91f1143449fb37057949237ba8a8abe8c468aaa75b31d0919549fa989b172a
font_02_sfnt_off00021a06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21A06 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1