Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50f733948d80cccb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-08-06 00:05:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 2d812d20af10967e2b3caa00891a4bcd SHA-1: 70338c21b87c4472694dcffb749e1d9766d6422f SHA-256: 50f733948d80cccb930f54176855d061c03fbd77929a3fdc7263ee58b455b995
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm or redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The embedded URLs and the nature of the links suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine results or lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c060523b948a0ed6dac42e6e9ba8ab92/moled.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9d07f2fa45---ginigazuvowixoliga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/binojoliwesisesenew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/84440384772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609af89349ecf---xonibewunamagowusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4770eac4e9---nakobopitaduberiloza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lacldf8nne3uakmkrct9518pkp/kivexererikuwefixipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ad31c58b6---vubuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0ce8fad639---73583841440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d0807c92f---70125966322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domainecomps.com/documents/files/1589450802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9d3c2b59f5---pizakodejenilejurupus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9rdt3tmhue4c3eog2kd995s9s7/83600751484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b41fe0be8e---95597618114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shaplaconsulting.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kudewebamiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ejjc9piotgclt3jgq6q9llh0r4/96714713089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradbox.pl/files/file/sebirunoluzexafizese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f225ce862f193c7e139b00af2b2af34/6628703042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icmasistemas.com/userfiles/files/vomabodijuvese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b657b0870b9---tegunefewiniviturob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/48821028204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4218e00d8a3c35e22d776827e4d34f95/82197654929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=dressmaker+sewing+machine+manual+freePDF 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_off0000ee91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE91 16208 bytes
SHA-256: edd18d2afb435c66bfc28ba9add2799961576af912fbeea042a8b3e6e6a28856
font_01_sfnt_off00011834.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11834 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 85404cb12b286c9d99acc19a2712796c406a9b53cc4baef7def744d1dc4f9c56
font_02_sfnt_off0001311b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1311B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1