Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7f50c6ef80b091d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 04:36:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 9e7e4a8e621aaf876d6cf8cc92e8d76c SHA-1: 8157d6c7c5b4abcf0258c5d693ef5bdf576ac127 SHA-256: b7f50c6ef80b091d6b822bea077224d322d4a408d93fa80c44658abd4a8ac1b8
164 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 a link farm or redirection scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file, likely serving as a dropper or phishing document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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.
  • 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 https://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=english+vinglish+full+movie+download+in+tamil PDF link annotation
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/68410394222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608633f050a3f---najobudokaxifenujetes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fd5ecefc42---subosusewanoxula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c8b4c989d568f3021494d361392f19e/muwojulopirijifodupok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abd99eb5e4---4602164223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d472523b89---rezegopuvuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2c8f9e9ee---daxipifiwezox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/famagusowuwosaludi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b005c25a1e4---gomogifixiluginuladomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tauben-buchmeier.de/kleinberliner-schuetzen/userfiles/files/vujenurowidesajetem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tykhestudiodesigns.com/clients/7/73/7311521ca682816632878891c231d107/File/kujaxoxaxarexozobufobig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prokoncept.hu/admin/blogfck/image/file/49273585446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccd1468ad89---97758065622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c89742631027bfe47c9facf481404b00/52518177435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea43e0caac---danuwubuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/21423486266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ac273f3e2c---25624073917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6d3f979a3c---josiwekusorusixawoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb0fccac737b53edcb68303387fe9bd9/6649697486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b227111428---vanujogutekilagijuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/497d76eb796b59af10b65379514ea5b7/xinujisovorutamobizakevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a38phkiomnpmea1brat6dl97u/24789602413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v5dcuidpqf1mlsvs6l9ucc6vac/zolexemumalob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13eb69b9bc6244cb3b7c5b0eb17b67f1/mewufugewulegofosaviso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woorymart.com/userData/board/file/17330796907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f642.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF642 16920 bytes
SHA-256: e38081e4a5a2d3524813d9ee211ee83d2bbcd021cc70b0367a7ad4e52d1efdbb
font_01_sfnt_off0001224b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1224B 10936 bytes
SHA-256: 9b15bb2b00616bd53603cb2e244a535c29e786442affa470ed42df797cc95d27
font_02_sfnt_off00013b4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1