Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5b50c188757d43fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-08-15 22:48:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a4e694ab7d245b4e093522076c10719e SHA-1: 0dee3ec7c46c1b0da20d0f0d7ad8478847369eed SHA-256: 5b50c188757d43fb664b79d3af343b3f2cb18489674f46dba0fb31e4a24d6a94
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within PDFs. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://quaker1960.com/clients/3/34/346d0055920ff30d27c63167e405b0e7/File/30901422078.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ed722d83bc670e25f20d7871f49a2b5/90748332256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatour.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xurupijaxedeminisunok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nebo52.ru/uploads/files/86835424058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f24758dc1---lemakijar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec5de4104e---32948779553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikkosushi.com/uploads/files/32563583758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gcrgjdbk60md9qa690dpe792kt/31303197506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwlargo.com/uploads/files/zodurefosigarepujag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://space1500.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d71331e4e72ebd8f91fad3e98e027e91/powigojag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vintageguitar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/modumerasareju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/xusamuwuvul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gfow.om/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38vptnea3aqmnmneqf6fogsh0p/1633793837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abctranslink.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70834041405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb510daf4d---20740676584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791260bdc9b---kidebowewagewobapejasago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3kri2t35b71ktrqv9lam7pvcvs/83259060586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a5productions.com/home/a5pro/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70359757207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/wajagilok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d77eebb601e6568ab45c94a0804faede/60879933654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aronabritcan.com/userfiles/file/muwipulapatixanebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riccaassociati.eu/userfiles/files/60975459995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledins.lv/cms/file/mifivaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=armitron+pro+sport+watch+manual+40%2F8254PDF 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_off0000d668.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD668 18144 bytes
SHA-256: c21f7443676c6c0606fc4d959c522a44f20250b70f22c5cffc41ff912d376ba7
font_01_sfnt_off00010589.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10589 11368 bytes
SHA-256: 88253c0a3f666a3924c265e918c3a78176afd37b7eb7d23922b513b5292cb08d
font_02_sfnt_off00012060.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12060 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1