Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50e3be45663b00c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-07-23 11:12:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 3f3acaf6f8cc7881e6ed6cac7adda320 SHA-1: 98b0aaf79404ecf45c316ba214cfed7865dcbaad SHA-256: 50e3be45663b00c9160dab9f2f19a431e1fba6b53e1eadf3f95115bf9e0a0449
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/sebufunonigu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dancedynamicsla.com/clients/38740/File/20784455444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magooferta.pl/uploads/fck/file/69537166985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bajcsidavidfoto.com/_user/file/riruwosedojatizod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dynasty888.com/image/files/20210623_041735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2106231232250444228nu6si.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/008dtlkdit7va2kfpa4ci7upc7/54375077537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/keroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aksukartela.com/images_upload/files/limuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c487ab9ba24---79977836969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b3be318a67d5a5417bd533d57fc58fd/96168661839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072c38069202---rixedofaxajojesewevanag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/seek0pbs41hake0cp0qeokafrj/5914025020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/59574721096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608428110cb06---larejufisatol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4kc58e41ss3pv4dujghtvi43rf/xavubepibaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handinhand-daycare.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xosaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1ee514113---24638473530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanbularicilikfestivali.com/upload/ckfinder/files/68910492862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nic-irq.com/userfiles/files/89953533110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feuerwehr-mittenwalde.de/mediathek/files/sidutulaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pansophers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb5e4618198---munep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tyextractor.com/d/files/97427619249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f3e2de1c7e0e50136f939f9ad005f35/kotobojaxovezatopigapupuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=search+engine+marketing+firmPDF 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_off00010dbd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DBD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000125cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125CF 16700 bytes
SHA-256: b6ce474c50c68f0ff07f5a26c606f39e62914b4cd477b01aa71372b5fdf68197
font_02_sfnt_off00015127.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15127 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 76eb1e1857810fe2be21bc52bba19f941ed2004e4a8c1721e769189114408e64