Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a50db8c8ef2a9d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-09-20 08:17:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8bc0d86dbba4521fcac10f30887a3f72 SHA-1: 2c280c498aa71ba1f8aadf6d4a352920d9d8efb0 SHA-256: 9a50db8c8ef2a9d9e40f4ba65125b23f030b3550c71fb4d03cd9d21172666710
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains. The heuristic 'SE_URGENCY_LURE' suggests the document may contain deceptive text to prompt immediate action, further supporting a phishing or malware distribution attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=messenger+app+chat+heads PDF link annotation
    • http://noclegsosnowiec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/neritovagodowutipewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132c3367a47e---fakorenudufawitazozena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosonhuath.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/vofilavixoliludupepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dajuicebarus.com/uploads/files/58425615976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.informacion-indoorclub.com/boletines/img/file/nodaritudag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yousefmaktabi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gelilemadiritejukigel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhvi.com/upload/files/defafizafinapetuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viajaconsciente.com/imagenes/userfiles/file/92962252358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lesson-online.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2kvioqjgkgvjajkq18cppcq1o4/bipajiravuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e68bfa5bfb---weseliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galenbio.com/images/upload/file/nakokopijazejekuwibogir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dollarplus98.com/images/upload/files/xasowuziduvogotovojelenag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tichdiem.surecare.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/vigadigeguliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rpv-drachten.nl/files/file/5917003936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vet-arrighicolangelicristilli.eu/userfiles/files/78831611421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zxpgw.com/userfiles/file/wodumoniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medianet2000.net/amm_prod/image_news_popup/file/30820884462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plasy.com/uploads/file/joganifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70457bc93c95b543914f84efd4d2be9b/22524297540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://implantologie-deva.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/47343939303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--oy2b19v1mb1yi.com/userfiles/file/punedirenot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a9c870a522e353a140c4cdd9ca2b652/jisagefupevujutogaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b5a90dbbb9---detopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morganmethod.tuesdaytrader.com/ci/userfiles/files/52204587390.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_off0000ee8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE8A 10528 bytes
SHA-256: fa74a1550c47a051dc6b02749026fa76ede70718116862a5d5b0a7b8e610fdcf
font_01_sfnt_off00010645.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10645 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011e57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E57 18036 bytes
SHA-256: 21df7afbc555dc18b4a8598722023cd5b7bbdb6b22a8479a39875897484c369d