Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b50507dff5d6dc8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 05:26:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 53fcc0792c0fa05a2ad93e3a1dd68674 SHA-1: 3349d49a2bce689402d0ac54ed1b44c232805da9 SHA-256: 9b50507dff5d6dc8262c6397d7001645e0fce10aa0801a806d30ec43a0ef980d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the PDF structure align with techniques used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/pitamelisupewo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47ia7qi8g5fb0bb4mkq7gpdhg9/mumowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ea867d88b---35876664064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mercuresamuichaweng.com/admin/file/febirunovapesunapud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a822149ea4---samiralubage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac2c72f1cd4---wobonojomunozumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chiringuitomediterraneo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92892476632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myarchitect.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99156329635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cualuoiskydoor.com/webroot/img/files/rikotebalulafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611df70b794ca---62476664945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daiichitravel.com/uploads/news_file/19350100563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/degasukezabenikojanewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b66bd6a597ba260ac256796b15b7835/79180248104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yz-yongzhong.com/upfiles/editor/files/wuroje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaptenhoki.com/contents//files/tamazotirimevulogibug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magyaringatlanadatbazis.hu/dev/_user/file/xawazog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21c26212c56d5116b0bf1e36b08029ad/dugusuvejumedujefit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopignotti.it/userfiles/files/jinafatal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afaacb9592f---74144237217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67c33d58c2a1077c840fb59756d697f7/88893045409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610083ef1942c---fufadefadupenazef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=miele+dishwasher+manual+fault+f84PDF 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_off0000daed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDAED 19564 bytes
SHA-256: c77765f1a433d04fae114ab386f7d96eeafa645ab746f5c38eb83ecd4ac26c7d
font_01_sfnt_off00010dd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DD0 10964 bytes
SHA-256: c8faca44d58164a144f3efb7525423e108c7c94e167e197115aee9addb1737c3
font_02_sfnt_off00012727.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12727 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1