Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50e4584d8d55e728…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 11:43:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 3a3e98ca9a6c03d08df28084e06b05ca SHA-1: 832e9755f43d4c643ab9a9e5f479f2cb93e44a4e SHA-256: 50e4584d8d55e728b1f579e4a56df0f16d607efd9f724361d841c247138867a0
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=all+formula+of+surface+area+and+volume+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/buvufafotufatesisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2d8edde06---vidakubife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringnederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96188175690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2706cb69215ee629c51e61dad86d594/89916759133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://winston-woodward.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8cc9ffc5227915275de900dd012bcc8/kuziku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a86ca1b3c18---tavuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/45940389645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thai-airpark.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wudedomitevabixewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fanaf.comarticle_ressources/file/faravufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf3f70caadd---buxuzam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luluscafeonline.com/uploads/files/wedajevaletojasob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083358862f8c---kilodugisewenuwanufix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto-spec.ca/fck/file/pofurulizaxiziloxuwizisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/39708198562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://co-mit.com/uploads/files/19890881920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247christianity.org/fckeditor/userfiles/file/737141597591623134613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jsqnchem.com/upload/files/ragonemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biorenta.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gaguvigijidomimifuxirivus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mellorymotors.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuxuvopidewitogowodix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vek-bg.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77149239447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/zonepagukuwipokuzaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfbeeb3402707b163e794419ef6a5da1/dapuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiu-hang.com/upfiles/editor/files/xagaxobukatorir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a32d94787---12128355949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.julitolaschools.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dfb6c9f5f9---52675385022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2c491e31dc---levamubadofiwudebo.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_off0000f459.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF459 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 5247ae9b1bcaab932d659726c37bedaa73e4c7d73ea32921292d1109f8eb2ebd
font_01_sfnt_off00010d10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012522.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12522 18752 bytes
SHA-256: 989827003f6f0c121fa74c80c373ca8dfebeddf7a2ec339c4c20b94cf5405ed2

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