Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b50c9bf95ca45bfc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:13:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c05804c311aa416a75c006d5ab1a5fac SHA-1: be92b9af60b3f8c4119104410afda11f7d896706 SHA-256: b50c9bf95ca45bfc8c3ab19f92db6be0c51dd47f3b252ecb61b7cacd7f9c8cf6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and is identified as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://architettorobertafasola.eu/userfiles/files/57332915051.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://runo34.ru/attachments/file/burosibutikidikil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hkha.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82626025334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vildmarksjagt.dk/userfiles/file/simidoseduvadugalatewana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fa-vietnam.com/webroot/img/files/88753261838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18457417946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaaaaikdebj9ccf1ayja1b5a3q.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82909140737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunesistudio.eu/userfiles/files/29510528745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtmar.pl/Upload/file/74352149294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amandatravel.com/userfiles/file/jivupenigug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7bfc3020a6---58346368162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetworkingpro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xogogaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psnp0pit9o2f60dl0q4g9ao7c9/basafaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whalesart.com/uploadfile/file///2021051606242435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebiocell.com/uploadfile/file///2021081411454977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulwichtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/noviwogud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/86540567913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089397628196---69622211708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747a8101560---16917752580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d365b7ed923---lapozuvekuvoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fincasotilloviejo.es/files/sotillo/_repo/file/dalakenaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tamtrebinhminh.com/public/files/soxututusosuwexiwibesofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/zoxinezuzinabejujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://windcampus.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d592e09813---21171943421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=sony+a6300+manual+settingsPDF 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_off0000d953.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD953 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f165.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF165 17328 bytes
SHA-256: a3ff4eac23aca2f9a80f50301159225e73c379e433678a1d813d29adf49ba7e7
font_02_sfnt_off00011e97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E97 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 06673eb5a502d826c29df1d0f7eb207452ca1330399631dd6f8a1d01aba8eb8c