Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a50ede17196ecfbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 14:22:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 823d717917f4b61a4cc31c7685a165c1 SHA-1: 1b79f6a110f90ba5b6bdbc04e4bd809c1fd5c66d SHA-256: a50ede17196ecfbfed33cd1953ed24de8aa13a76599d89690133d0020a9f04b3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URI heuristics and link farm indicators further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

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://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abf26d4143ae998fa8fcd63a0636d10d/dazubiz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd372cfdffcd153463a6ca66a41e15b7/mavufivinad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3256f0ef8b---dewokufibikebofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softwarefactory.nl/images/file/nedelogaxegawokukibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elbag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b37393b149c44068104c018251c27cc6/fijefepituzutoxusasile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9end5tuobor63pdoueakek58ps/wisetutuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vueqmgtc5npimil37g9ud198r8/fowopigaxudetujowofigusiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngonluathan.vn/images/ckeditor/files/26674550623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.publicitymailing.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d6086cdd7b---rujipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///94526424817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebank.ru/sites/default/files/photos/pagefile/35960175792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/82494935115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dnsm5prkq1bdtepeeh6pg1bt36/vesupixatugikupoduvodula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taechoclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210607_5D5AEFCD5E403478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097a348e95ec---69893873809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095875fd0a1a---wefexeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cornucopiafrederick.com/uploads/files/lexenififuseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/lagutobisotari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carefirstwalkathon.com/clients/8/89/89514deb4c0e8807eb046cac28c4977f/File/37942355652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fefdae09db---kinojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824c2f42a31---fugokexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a02ab4dbed87fd46b4430f82f69ed2b0/turab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/mapuzalexulixovusefufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/60539933759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=together+with+biology+class+11+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off00012603.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12603 11256 bytes
SHA-256: a0e3862585166b0faf99e98975b9a5443e5438c3b614718c81e0ff9b4cb56dea
font_01_sfnt_off00014014.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14014 17020 bytes
SHA-256: ea86fbee283a8203baa4c8700ffdb6a5ac4259728425e06f2bf16d9f797c5e09
font_02_sfnt_off00016cac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16CAC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1