Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50f75c1d26789b69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.4 KB Created: 2021-07-16 00:06:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 4fb953e82e5b7b627e82ee18a20c44db SHA-1: c95bf3652228bfcdea176e8cb059bd1e03d74213 SHA-256: 50f75c1d26789b69478e8a3e7d1f20d324160ead2d171c8d27a22fa2fac193e4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics further supports this malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9790

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 http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2033e047bc377f0af1ed453a181fefa/53635347222.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gofropack.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdfd41aa9b417726e33ce4cc7f2b93ea/xifebazel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/lagidipokizotigesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/111f6e9335be2215f888f26345474957/fusukubufixakejif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac150a4325---34378903163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a5e962fa6---44200797927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6f4387624---58572301018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/957ecadbe445bfd0880ecb15670b7192/ferenupaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e94264944---90024633076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/11543322497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonvogue.nl/files/file/46486256938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/nibodiletifisapirugawofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ac-kenigsberg.ru/files/file/mabakufodose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tvq1q9qa7f6rrrnkaag4473j6l/1521136231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093d1e71b8cf---kabizeralurisan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woorymart.com/userData/board/file/zigis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s6ad6r4404g4llsiqqunnjsf5o/buluzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasilii-orlov.fun/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74037462b14400573dcfbe49a5348fee/gegibukigapuxizesuzatip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0026afdb61a1586d2ac13e95697418dc/59881972331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/406865419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1988.com/clients/75739/File/8922386630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drentmedischadvies.nl/uploads/files/54237822457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607723e6aae48---24872294768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/buwenufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01fa0b7f3a7ce62549229fec2a033ec3/lutevutobafit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092dafc469b9---97250264562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=baroque+choral+musicPDF 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_off00013a7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A7D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001528f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1528F 17704 bytes
SHA-256: 5f94da5844af22e2ee1f72864fe5555d54d3d1d7d4695e3ff8c28ecd187be5d1
font_02_sfnt_off0001802e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1802E 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 78e3a04c98c278377bb6e67a91049163140dbc1bb28ebe832a25fc5343da5ea3