Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d50b1cfedc43b1cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-08-22 04:28:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7e75432df869b64c1f831eca33fdce30 SHA-1: 3644dc0ab96f06393937350ed0313677c0c4b569 SHA-256: d50b1cfedc43b1cfc668101fd1dd51372588d9ba6071a5e7e54770dd39926a6c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm hosted on multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading a malicious file. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing and malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4d271bd365---46373275319.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://diversecityuk.com/userfiles/file/19434811441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4ac55b8f24bff80eb2cd5029aae2408/57329448200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eslms.com/userfiles/file/95234082666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c591edce9c7---favawujuvopiropivej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odumakus.com/uploads/files/85851740489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca0251b18d---vewupilowevuwizarukugisov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvclassof1990.com/clients/8/8c/8ca0ba2c7a07c5cd1f21f9fc323c16c5/File/naxitimokenazeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f271eab5c0c---51322386829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0fee24778---18925079857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicodama.it/userfiles/files/25145044435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccarrentals.com/files/file/10925088480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611493352a484---33428630453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/95257771415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodoan.net/userfiles/file/meselitajakamujozokotenir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a366b81d9e7---94763624044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a8aca28f1---26156566682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/87133560794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namkhoasaigon.vn/web/images/files/siziwadom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcvitamin.com/webroot/img/files/gikazod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aicsmindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sagesezafezekanigumedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkalaris.com/contents//files/62906188870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5dbfc3d000---56141479934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b7ad062fa2---67269979807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=prism+video+converter+software+serial+numberPDF 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_off0000dece.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDECE 11032 bytes
SHA-256: a0c7756ef0a8aa18f6d61ef598bf74aaf00bd015c6a5c4998595b1cf4333425a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f881.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF881 16428 bytes
SHA-256: b99feb4cd596c994f199dbce2d1022ef49864a78e22fb428693c1e068ca270a2
font_02_sfnt_off000122e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1