Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c50142d5fe23fccf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:42:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 86cb77d7db7cae5c49698c2f0e78f960 SHA-1: d62402b473a4932b95b19f8fb5023355042f1f3e SHA-256: c50142d5fe23fccf055262bbc47b386957948d7c8c535aaef3eb3ba3535c1cef
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The file's structure as a link farm on disposable hosting further supports its role as a lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=auditing+theory+multiple+choice+questions+and+answers
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9b436d85d6---visidawuzowudupesibolusik.pdf
    • http://kurskodkb.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/26914522298.pdf
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s2vvqpu526g9s3gpf4bid8j0e1/74785852205.pdf
    • http://choinka4x4.org/cms/files/file/74153301179.pdf
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/rutavimorakufifoxunas.pdf
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76dcd0483b116a789b685392302eb075/18333590857.pdf
    • http://escuelasfutbol8.com/docs/files/xekatafanat.pdf
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb04e514e8b---lewuvikesakap.pdf
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4hi5utit8hq2vq7q3st20ph3d2/53969246818.pdf
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb5ddudkaiqgqt0hh575h7jifn/fekateda.pdf
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/558bf9bab92d2b54d46ff9529b8cf2da/vudog.pdf
    • http://skipjackpoke.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/difulanatarapoware.pdf
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/12633594764.pdf
    • https://tenfci.org/userfiles/file/mirekekowoginofavedef.pdf
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16fa7de42cb165291e337db4b1d922fc/lenasatezetusesaganegodud.pdf
    • https://etcbt.com/userfiles/file/20827805837.pdf
    • https://diarch.in/WYSIWYGImage/file/vapugilal.pdf
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/scr2lr3nfvr2mk017dt3ss8vg1/85886409662.pdf
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6749a36b7c8de2ac092c7a1a8a13fc2/potemilowuvozukiki.pdf
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f26622f21f---radibimosojiromupakawud.pdf
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791220b3343---47650503577.pdf
    • http://hongdanhaudio.com/luutru/files/sijufisusixekupoz.pdf
    • https://www.hotwaterfactory.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c4e9aa05e9f2ba5f116b31580c331db/13494513402.pdf
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2bcdacf10f34cfbff8fe80d7986497e/9622591524.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c454.bin
c2c209bb72964303a174b7f8381dcb7f97d364199205497c679afc4a24dec615
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC454 16444 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000eedb.bin
1db009ce32cba357919ecb29373567a278251842042e99cea3c067cbb72259e6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEDB 11388 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010911.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10911 16792 bytes