Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 550f5abfd37f048b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-12 10:08:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 8b27d10f962bb637eebce33910eb26f1 SHA-1: a0ebc2c94c4db6c0805f51699d57d3dbd0934316 SHA-256: 550f5abfd37f048b557303fda3a7b6cfd82ba5b970af451d59a8016f1fdf30e1
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to external PDF files. Several heuristics indicate the use of compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination or leverage compromised infrastructure. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to other potentially malicious or SEO-abusing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3964

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://ntct-dz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/depuzidilozug.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gegeny.hu/uploads/file/vorimilebuwegesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terralis.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/kuvenimewiruxivojibugiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dptech.vn/uploads/files/sigatexuxapifavumikusode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twgo8.com/uploads/base/files/202109080753245658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szelvedojavitasmiskolc.hu/files/files/11607857175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratoempat.com/contents/files/jelufulazixitiwopurufofas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymexco.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71596914896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limblength-sldf.com/userfiles/file/xenogaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sokole-tps.pl/userfiles/file/gasumupunukeworufogek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161325497631bb---3568811427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotelbg.lastrada.bg/uploads/wysiwyg/files/setariwos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valkexclusief.reviews/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/bokepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/82286470736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaziogluenerji.com/images_upload/files/66123801632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bi-kiesabbau.de/cmsimple/images/file/5567064819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doorsatyrau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fopavuvogokuzerajezodego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klick-tipp.info/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/migiwupibefuvofasizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ea32b4ef0---83729954867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pes.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84375277410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michardardillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9601745134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stephankeppel.com/userfiles/file/bokugidetamonaxafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161382a6d8af48---71816021716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://h1t-urlaurora1-turbo.com/contents/files/62173167412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=useful+things+to+build+in+minecraft+survival+modePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000f5fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E13 11236 bytes
SHA-256: 1d58466104281c79998f79b6a594bc4cdd54ba5bb52995a1302a9b39036a1b9d
font_02_sfnt_off00012805.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12805 17908 bytes
SHA-256: 526883ab6e167e9df64690b0c5574f35a2e01d6ab0e52f6f10e9932d3bc40955