Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8d50d7227ea3727…

MALICIOUS

PDF

170.1 KB Created: 2021-07-31 22:40:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 60ae9c552315eb9becf528c445cdcb66 SHA-1: c02f91e6c96c8ebf0e38676262308c83f98d7420 SHA-256: b8d50d7227ea3727086a4507571c6aa35e5747be85eaff593153299e91d12d4b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites hosting similar PDF files. The presence of multiple external URIs and a link farm structure suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the overall structure and detection results point towards a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9959

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cacc5b9537f1db5f5553fdcb75972ebe/wevifusatagusotidib.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://udachi.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8kena017hcgkflmmu43bttjav/lulaniwimibil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ea795fd284534441caaae18d46b88a1/wisufafikerofemubixila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vs23gq8lkc03b5m4nr1llgej82/bipejutosobesuguvuvanejox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thinkhigh-tech.com/d/files/34478914646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a90a905e08a---55164398695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rayer.cn/d/files/81669245772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38582fb2c3dbeaf285915a3d0cc0c974/62067099490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/vumodujobubefob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8omi8iseff8gjvsfs5d8go8rp1/4496242066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607803a129353---76284224563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doktor-okonski.pl/uploadimg/file/zapux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biometria.pl/photos_fck/file/15660623457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c94460c0e8c---pedapukawuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nzozkrowodrza.pl/uploads/editor/file/rilobovizewimizowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607efa2cd351d---55557043958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3b45e3132---79623748771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-treid.com/userfiles/files/dogezalowakowarikitij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05ae6ef54dc82de40225dd2dc0d1323b/63665756592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01e46db2d1069dab8a617cf538578d7c/40341768593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovosluzba-praha.cz/res/file/xefeborusapowepelomavopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/70571724337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/nomirokejipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4d5dfa5d16---putazekuradib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucann.com/Upload/file/98913414306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=mi+primera+encarta+2009+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_off0002396e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2396E 17948 bytes
SHA-256: 5a5b50f3dd2f95f70cf4d39be4f99cda209d971c43767c47afd5411354dca21b
font_01_sfnt_off000268b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x268B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000280ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x280CE 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 4975e9f53fae54b77ebdadc2c3e9f66e93267f1f51eece0d827c616d74300473