Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50f88570d6fc226f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-07 19:04:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 278589deaeadd957cb599acb4acdff17 SHA-1: de1c9dbb550ee9a30af44c4223456f1be0e8d85d SHA-256: 50f88570d6fc226fc35db5ea1a675f031cc346160ff30ef78254513a532ba4ec
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary attack pattern observed is the use of a link farm to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca25feb916---wukevafotovovapuf.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3j97ed4sqt3bsaghjfbpr0qq34/84668230801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de881c810a---5235078900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hifi-markt.info/kunden/kronhardt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zagit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-souz.com/userfiles/file/judobozamapilosoxisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impactcleaningserviceskc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76ccf436b19f65930386024d4a963cf4/28237107055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/052af6c056480cf8151329c4654c72cb/dowozokizorugufajuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nenkin-t.com/upload_img/ck/files/guderejinifojane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65ea7519868a36eff8becf6b6fe5ca24/69711019427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishiodua.com/contents//files/zodazasiwibojutowenigizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c94c08adf8---35997693029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01e0afb9f45f882a11bb58076556f884/mimesarasodor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec0df9c944a0242bbc642f2363eb21f3/1679370701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5913o8hpe3d5hpg1qvbivtv5gb/33478846429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o0d3c15qeqau2bpq20m3c0q8hi/wonagabixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4135966f9ed8bc5bacfccb84275c1c05/jinip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a8aec84aa---pamulepelorenulexerosit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b366bc83bab---61235792611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddcf0569b0ad7da7415ef5aedfd7ed76/lineduruzenevevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a8a27321b---dagex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skolicka.eu/foto/images/file/kabunotawud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b627c7a055c---37488761400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://x04ydivan.ru/userfiles/file/69980438231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e52cacc1e---3369441009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areicon.com/images/file/27097828442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=class+11+chemistry+mcq+with+answersPDF 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_off0000f40b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF40B 17548 bytes
SHA-256: 4840cd6087e211ab06cf3112a1546ed98bc64b050514e003c08997cf454f7ef3
font_01_sfnt_off00012236.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12236 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A4D 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 162e3a691bbc7fca5b56b5551cebb50523f2a75104a717a0f9c64928e59597cf