Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b50ff40216c99553…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 00:42:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 20fe1b7509ad5bdc77ece294da341c81 SHA-1: b96a9661363d2220f709438e7f796b3837a81794 SHA-256: b50ff40216c99553165e67ae9f89d4b1950feba97fc17bcdfad503c21c338c1c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for delivering malicious payloads or redirecting users to malicious websites. The PDF also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the true destination or leverage compromised infrastructure. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • 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://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d386ef9be026785a3b05984389d58b5/56906071257.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d919376f15---demupedupuvorupoloxodal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/2105310019513978388odroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af8a5127dc6aa1a9e78ea4914b5939c0/luxivovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandchainfamilyfoundation.org/clients/85333/File/65974658445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/36841549883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunnysidehigh65.com/clients/d/d0/d00d1ad1640c45b888f5e58ac216a5d1/File/56638830915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearspace-design.com/CKEdit/upload/files/dizizemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/dumaxevenolapuxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/vokajivifidosez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t2aodrk19fol5eocosu6g2gkt3/48392692406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d249ef4bb---xavilubolamivenax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santchavarabed.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88880040134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apartamentosalbatros.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808f407c4ad---mivesejowow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2924bd807548f37225007a7fbcadae9/65149797761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfe4c2e241e---48214627676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowstonewildlife.com/tukalamus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609071032a067---65560283558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/013961bfbd5a95190b9279040fcd9302/68463734377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nyett.hk/uploads/news/files/novarateguvunivalekexeduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a12d773cf701e0fb657f024a5539411/67553409302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b23ec1fb7a456aedd59789f62ff8c078/96280157737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/pufebupesinim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21826616f97477397c46ce1bb2a42d40/rilaxomirujupanuzevir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=dizzy+during+workoutPDF 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_off0000eeb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEB1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000106c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106C8 10368 bytes
SHA-256: 127752b878d9d61aac0ba21140ebc8d8ddf4c716f67f99a4d3ef751bfd82bf93
font_02_sfnt_off00011e2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E2C 16624 bytes
SHA-256: bd0373ce9904a2a36634bbbd900ad795e8c99130798cb3e6f011df46286c07bd