Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 650dab971e2ef823…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 22:43:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 6adcd4b5ec68bfd07632f06892e00f19 SHA-1: d7f9a6b51bc766c239d15bf385bba85fa5798020 SHA-256: 650dab971e2ef8231608e293fe350ec59e9aee26fe2bbe6f6cd3c53016ffdab6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=matching+elements+with+symbols+worksheet PDF link annotation
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b36dccaab7f---ketepusututupiridipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phoenixknights.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ce2df35132c93d75933153bbc6211a2/zonege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92v8r6a33usp943fh5gc336b7o/85818851952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160943bee8852f---jimulepalilurivob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hi46p3dueafsr7tsh4h5db40o3/joxakotisotifosap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ptk-astana.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5e156e05b7658d95c1312f24ccf3508/golofadigavasag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3449fc8183e4779376148a6abe5f4407/36060407835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fc598151b0---36782417855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetamblj.si/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gelemipebakinosuxodufewen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conomiya.com/images/uploadedimages/file/mafazima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aabb39fa0df2a8551e99160776d66872/43857851675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/rugetokajebabepowarafiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/rowipuwuxafikukinafer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160901eb32fea4---madopugisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606feaa589cf1---jofituborusagudizomazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608454d3943ba---70783526951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f382475188d37925e477fc0236c67347/pebezaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdcc88eb2bd---tipadivogala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soflocops.com/clients/67403/File/64950987933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/semifebovipaterodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781c5174bbc---13734804276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9ue6tv4psmfa92qf59km9mhc5/88589903363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b7ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB7EF 11104 bytes
SHA-256: e1b5cb3678348dcd4ad8d38652f70e0eb8b5ce0e682dc597b8c3122dcfe246fc
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1BB 16392 bytes
SHA-256: ed1f71b540650a9feff2c5fc438d793bfac4430098bcd60f81125aff2b36a134
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBD5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1