Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50f28bccf9fbdcc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:27:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 11c5f30b29710c0f1339c84f062f9763 SHA-1: fee1f725c612c62319f0de356da62a7628f55a46 SHA-256: 50f28bccf9fbdcc5c1c9da7ca25a7886e664b6c78ca0f57bdfb9f4510a60b8b8
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs further support the hypothesis of a coordinated phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ciscv9hc93if5e0ol9lm1l2uh1/mifezigopotovewulove.pdf
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609304ea25d0a---fatokitamunex.pdf
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d65fef076e6ca0e6adb106a4666fbec4/vejor.pdf
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075eb2bed4d0---48421203319.pdf
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074a080d0a84---21315544396.pdf
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/zufesija.pdf
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084bfdbac83e---jatojapebinexi.pdf
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/ladanaxekuximu.pdf
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/73862766228.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8u0jha9gvjqqtuqq7ps0rcugp/31452113079.pdf
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/fimine.pdf
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de139847c8---wiximulexadefuxunixog.pdf
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ec9248e1bfa849d8247b3abebf416d1/45271090846.pdf
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/sasazafitewaraseragezofe.pdf
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de363ed5b9e2bf69a537631f90b3d00b/lasoxijowapojorito.pdf
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae01946d56bcc66f378366457e9e56f9/benizoza.pdf
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acf5c8e1890---lekosiremajawoxuge.pdf
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c76c16e841---89697300801.pdf
    • http://sinproval.it/userfiles/files/nilatesasulab.pdf
    • http://akinmedikal.com/uploads/file/fozilolapomobekopumanuzo.pdf
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b69566e958---fivurosurineredefuxuk.pdf
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/176tl3haupsj4qpnidpm1iiq5v/59335705738.pdf
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c9944333f---95829011474.pdf
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d74defb6e8d734aa67d851087a36a587/36521743909.pdf
    • https://getracemirates.com/userfiles/files/xipetiparimifodenoreta.pdf
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f4e95791b---541538503.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=what+time+is+it+in+vietnam
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f328.bin
1e8eb4d0249dbd90b9b7fba513dcbda485fed58add849b5e2fa4b67e3d190864
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF328 17324 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012000.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12000 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013817.bin
2e68d4fe8e87c42e3e50dc35552b7b9ec81341d50d8511837d05f6babefbc90c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13817 10168 bytes