Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b50e01be8f55dc59…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 06:55:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ed8f547b57594f63e5376169776663fb SHA-1: a0820d1f22134d72c819fcda374d1be4da49eb4d SHA-256: b50e01be8f55dc59006a34cc64d14fc3de8ea4e26433ee7efba19806bcd695ef
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to potentially compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick the user into downloading a secondary payload via the link farm. The presence of embedded JavaScript suggests it may be used to facilitate the redirection or download process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://vintageguitar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sotenoni.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://shiokuda1.com/contents/files/48152850630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pjml5l9v5l43nse96deho95usg/finewixovibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h0pdpmfn6ormnkarqbd780r9s7/89063253993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esportenerd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pinojebepivuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sphotobooth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160741e86de960---45872801717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-krasnogorsk.ru/upload_picture/file/limujakokopilux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/84158816488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ffccac7df---3179044266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4995f8c4ebe7cb3c42ee78f749e57e66/72396174135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/7054984722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icbiz.ru/userfiles/file/penurijare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pointerboards.com/uploads/admin/files/sazuwatubovofelujumuxajud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a1ff3abc07---72685816914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gencshoworganizasyon.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jabivivoxogulebixetow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/8095683033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/64574423555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e1a046fdcf68f3e6beb7bb5eb64ad60/68636534311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f909271b80f838e97cd96f5d3abbf9fe/57800982394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2017.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vikujifesuroponofogul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/xaritotufegepelubixifefir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusk-car.com/js/upload/files/sugumajotezufafijox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pdww.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85649909557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa07463288e1c56bab4a79b2248e8851/baxebumij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guoyangmoju.com/userfiles/files/taposu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a78b10221d0606d27b49724706d75b3c/xobopetonipusiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cooking+fever+mod+apk+all+unlockedPDF 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_off0000f5c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5C6 17604 bytes
SHA-256: 1801d18f2428282486da7821756f10be9f257d5b966399b1b6caddc70ddad9a6
font_01_sfnt_off000123df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123DF 10984 bytes
SHA-256: b048550811bdb70c11ff57a701dba55ccc259387b0753cb87f53490e3421f299
font_02_sfnt_off00013d35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D35 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1